13,737 Quotes About Death

I looked more widely around me. I looked at the lives of the multitudes who have lived in the past and who live today. And of those who understood the meaning of life I saw not two, or three, or ten, but hundreds, thousands and millions. And all of them, endlessly varied in their customs, minds, educations and positions, and in complete contrast to my ignorance, knew the meaning of life and death, endured suffering and hardship, lived and died and saw this not as vanity but good.

Grief is part of my human experience. There will always be loss during my lifetime. Loss has come in a variety of forms to me—such as death, divorce, losing a job, and selling a beloved home. Each event brought me new opportunities and experiences that would not have been possible otherwise.

Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.

So, talking with my first wife,At the dark end of evening, when she leanedAnd smiled at me, with blue eyes weaving websOf finest fire, revolving me in scarlet,--Calling to mind remote and small successionsOf countless other evenings ending so,--I smiled, and met her kiss, and wished her dead

The cold is lonely person's way of feeling alone and death

Our mortality makes it impossible for our problems to last forever.

Amid secrets and monsters and fire and death; amid every uncertainty; love existed. Love was real. It was the one certainty.

The power of faith is the fear of the unknown. The power of love is the fear of dying alone.

Better to have the threat of death than no reason to live.