1,222 Quotes About Dying


  • Author John Mortimer
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    Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at cocktail parties, giving the user what he described as a child's-eye view of the party and a crotch-level view of the guests.Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.

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  • Author Antoine Ozanam
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    I don’t want you to be sad, Temujin. Being able to give back the physical body that sheltered you during your life on earth so that it continues to serve the earth is a great privilege.

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  • Author N.K. Jemisin
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    We realized it was impossible to protect any one place if the place next door was drowning or on fire. We realized the old boundaries weren't meant to keep he undesirable out, but to hoard resources within. And the hoarders were the core of the problem.

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  • Author Bernardine Evaristo
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    Ageing is nothing to be ashamed ofEspecially when the entire race is in it togetherAlthough sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting olderBecause it’s such a privilege to not die prematurely

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