Quotes About Death

Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death.

I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.

Death is the most beautiful adventure in life.

It's strange how death mocks us, that only in death do we cherish [the ones we love].

Each day, each noise I gather explodes, leaving me to death; to rest in the solace of silence & to be re-born.

There's a group in California that wants to make suicide a capital offense punishable by death. That's like punishing someone for being on a hunger strike by sending them to bed with no supper.

ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee

Death, but not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.

I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

If you had the cure to cancer wouldn't you share it? .. You have the cure to death .. get out there and share it.

Perhaps the gods are kind to us, by making life more disagreeable as we grow older. In the end death seems less intolerable than the manifold burdens we carry

where are the gods the gods hate us the gods have run away the gods have hidden in holes the gods are dead of the plague they rot and stink too there never were any gods there's only death

Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?

If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.

I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.

Embrace your death. . . . Cherish your awareness of death as a gift from the universe.

We had a death pact, and I have to keep my half of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motorcycle boots. Goodbye.