Death Quotes

I'm gonna kill him, Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered...

I'm gonna kill him, Eve said, or at least that was what it sounded like filtered through the pillow. Stake him right in the heart, shove garlic up his ass, and-and- And what? (Michael) When did you get home? Claire demanded. Apparently just in time to hear my funeral plans. I especially like the garlic up the ass. It's...different.
Rachel Caine

Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.

Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.
Dylan Thomas

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.
Cassandra Clare

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.
Elizabeth Berg

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamet...

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.
Terry Pratchett

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.
Benjamin Franklin

Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fu...

Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace.
Roberto Bolano

Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, an...

Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.
Markus Zusak

The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there...

The heart dies a slow death, shedding each hope like leaves until one day there are none. No hopes. Nothing remains.
Arthur Golden

If I die, I will wait for you, do you understand? No matter how long. I will wat...

If I die, I will wait for you, do you understand? No matter how long. I will watch from beyond to make sure you live every year you have to its fullest, and then we’ll have so much to talk about when I see you again… (Bones)
Jeaniene Frost

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

It's better to burn out than to fade away.
Neil Young

Death: THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT. Albert: Oh, ye...

Death: THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT. Albert: Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.
Terry Pratchett

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Thomas Campbell

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no since...

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.
Haruki Murakami

Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.

Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Here lies Dobby, a free elf.

Here lies Dobby, a free elf.
J.K. Rowling

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messa...

That's what literature is. It's the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them!
Connie Willis

The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.
Kenzaburō Ōe

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
Benjamin Franklin

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.
Antonio Porchia