Quotes About Mortality

He was about twenty-six when he died

The sage's point was that life was uncertain and no one should be counted happy till the day of his death.

Doctors of Science, what is man that he Should hope to come to a good end? The best is not to have been born.

But in my arms till break of day Let the living creature lie, Mortal, guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful.

You're never too young to die.

For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?

Death is the same for the one who dies.

Again, I found myself wondering what it must be like to work there, sitting in a room with those miniature urns, a constant reminder that everything you were and everything you'd achieved would one day fit inside.

When your business is death, the only death you should never consider is your own.

In a way, I think I am writing this for Leo. I have decided to keep a record of my life because I suspect my life will be short. I do not particularly want to be remembered. After all, being unknown has been essential to my work. But I sometimes think of him and I would like him to understand what it was that made me what I am.

As a rule, I don't go to funerals. I find them too horrible and upsetting and the older I get, of course, the more invitations I receive. As a favour to my friends, I'll make sure that none of them are told the date of mine.

Café Mortel, an opportunity to discuss one's mortality over tea and cake.

He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realised it might lead only to the grave.

Don't be sorry. Our lives don't belong to us, so we can't complain if they're taken away.

Well, he had never smoked because he thought it was good for him and, if cancer had any fancy ideas about killing him, it would just have to take its place in the queue.

Don't be sorry. Our lives don't belong to us so we can't complain if they're taken away." Those were the words that Alex remembered when, half an hour later, the lights blinked out

I am sixty-five years old. I have had a long life and I will say that in many respects it has been a good one. I had expected to die on many occasions before now. You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, always walking two steps behind. Well, now he has caught up.

I had expected to die on many occasions before now. You might even say that death has been a companion of mine, always walking two steps behind. Well, now he has caught up.

It's like that poem Larkin wrote. "I have started to say 'A quarter of a century'/ Or 'thirty years back' /About my own life/It makes me breathless…

If he didn't watch his diet, quit smoking and take exercise, he would soon be back in the cemetery for a more permanent visit.

You're never too young to die.

When we deal with death, the pupils will always be fixed and dilated, which indicates that there is no longer brain activity or response.

The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.

When you see someone putting themselves out there, particularly when you see someone is failing and failing so passionately, it brings up this bittersweet connection to our mortality.