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Quotes About Death

Every moment, as it has passed, has changed something in them; Time has transformed the faces, voices, laughter. For Time is a murderer, and every moment is a little death,(...)
~ Klaus Mann
enkele grote gevoelens blijven het mensenhart bezighouden: eerzucht en liefde, eenzaamheid en honger, vriendschap en angst voor de dood - of verlangen daarnaar.
~ Klaus Mann
No había dos clases de vida, como ella había creído en aquella noche embriagada: la vida en reposo y la vida en movimiento. Sólo existía la vida, que crecía hacia su encuentro con la muerte.
~ Klaus Mann
Genius in the popular sense has become common. (...) Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown geniuses who die in their teens, their souls shattered - delicate, phosphorescent glowworms that one must see to know they really did exist.
~ Knut Hamsun
It's always the same story. Naturally one doesn't get the woman one should have had; but if by some damned freak of reason and justice it ever does happen, then of course she dies immediately after.
~ Knut Hamsun
I was telling my wife a story about a rich man who was curious, too. He shot himself just to find out what comes after death. Ha, ha, ha! That's the height of curiosity, isn't it? Shooting yourself to find out what comes after death!
~ Knut Hamsun
U jesen može se katkad videti, kako zvezde padaju. Eto, mislim ja tada u svojoj samo?i, možda se to trza ?itav jedan svet tamo gore? Svet se raspada u komade pred mojim o?ima? I meni – je palo u deo, da u svom životu vidim smrt zvezda!
~ Knut Hamsun
she turned religious. How could she help it? No one can help it in the wilds; life there is not all earthly toil and worldliness; there is piety and the fear of death and rich superstition.
~ Knut Hamsun
Vi blev vel som to gale tilslut, så deilig var han. Jeg stod og bakte småkaker en dag, så kom han utenfor vinduet og så ind. Jeg hadde rørt ved den bløte deig så længe og rullet den lang og skåret den i stykker med kniv; nu sa jeg til ham og viste ham kniven: Var det ikke bedst om vi begge døde? Jo, svarte han, kom med mig til hytten så skal vi gjøre det!
~ Knut Hamsun
Such was love. It could ruin a man, raise him up again, and then brand him anew; it could fancy me today, you tomorrow, and someone else tomorrow night, that's how fickle it was. But it could also hold fast like an unbreakable seal and blaze with unquenchable passion until the hour of death, because it was eternal. So, what was the nature of love?
~ Knut Hamsun
I don't think there is any point in continuing writing. Since I have neither killed nor been killed, there's nothing further to explain. (Box Man, p. 38)
~ Kobo Abe
Only when he was conducting an autopsy could he forget the death of his beloved son. Ironically, playing with dead bodies released him from the death that had touched him.
~ Koji Suzuki
Even a passenger on an airplane falling from the sky can't shake the hope that he'll be the one to survive.
~ Koji Suzuki
Wenn man noch nicht das Leben kennt, wie sollte man den Tod kennen.
~ Konfuzius
This morning Jackson had told Matthew, You mention death one more time, and Ill knock you into next week. Comprends ? Already been there, Matthew had answered.
~ Kresley Cole
Death wants to gank me. Must be Tuesday.
~ Kresley Cole
Apparently, he'd killed so many family members that he must have significantly affected the Lore's population. Doing my part for the environment.
~ Kresley Cole
Not to marry, know love, or bind, their fate; Your line to die for never seed shall take. Death and torment to those caught in their wake, unless each son finds his forechosen mate... For his true lady alone his life and heart can save.
~ Kresley Cole
This game is a hell we've all been damned into. It's designed to madden us. The most intelligent Arcana ever to play is called the Fool. The one who least wanted to kill was named Death. And you, Empress, rule over nothing!
~ Kresley Cole
Voodoo Beer?" "In honor of Loa and Boa for chasing away death." "That was a big snake, wasn't it?""It was a seriously large snake. . . .
~ Kresley Cole
I've wrought my family's destruction. Killed those I loved most, with my very touch. My dark precipice has been reached. I throw back my head and roar as recognition takes hold. I am Death...
~ Kresley Cole
Death wants to gank me? Must me Tuesday.
~ Kresley Cole
I shook my head. "Um, the Bagmen are directing us. I think Sol is using them to help us." Aric did a double take. "Jaysus! The Empress has gone mental. As can happen when you're diddlin' Death.
~ Kresley Cole
Bettina knew exactly what she'd say: Trehan Daciano, I screwed up. I thought you were going to die, and I acted to save you. Clearly, I was too hasty. Sometimes I do foolish things, especially if my entire life is off kilter, and I'm struggling with emotions I've never felt before.
~ Kresley Cole