13,737 Quotes About Death

Izzy is dead, I don’t care what the papers say. The woman I once was can never be resurrected.

One dead and one alone. That's how the story ends.

How is that we can presume the authority to take a life when that life has no say in the taking? And as I ponder that, I’ve come to think that it’s less about taking the authority and more about the fact that somewhere along the way we’ve lost our respect for life. And if that’s truly the case, then what else are we killing?

For some, premature death comes from touching a door knob smeared with poison.

Time heals nothing. It only brings other issues and tissues, and takes what is incurable or unacceptable out of the center of our attention.

A single breath is all that separates life from death.

When Odysseus speaks of the measureless sea and the boundless earth, it is all so true and human, so inwardly and closely felt, and so mysterious. What use is it if I, like any schoolboy, can now parrot that the earth is round? Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath.

A principled life begins by accepting the evident truth that we must die. Death becomes us. Knowledge of the impermanence of our existence reassures us that how we live does make a difference. Because our allotted time for living is finite, we must make the most of each day.

Sometimes what’s dead must be burned away to make room for new life. Sometimes you just have to step back and let the brittle bits ignite - but once those flames begin to dance their caustic dance, don’t you dare look the other way. Don’t close your eyes. Watch closely and let that image seer itself forever on your mind. Remember what it looked like in the midst of the soot, the smoke, and the haze. Remember, so you don’t repeat the same conditions that required such a blaze.