Quotes about Death

“'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.”

“'Death with dignity' is our society's expression of the universal yearning to achieve a graceful triumph over the stark and often repugnant finality of life's last sputterings. But the fact is, death is not a confrontation. It is simply an event in the sequence of nature's ongoing rhythms.”

“I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless.”

“Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.”

“That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.”

“We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?”

“Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.”

“Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.”

“I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.”

“It is one of the sternest judgments confronting a human being after death that insofar as he is himself evil, he can see only what resembles himself because he can reproduce in his own being only the physiognomy of other evil people.”

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”

“Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.”

“It's a profound privilege to die from stress related diseases. It is the elimination of other causes of death such as infectious disease which is responsible for bringing lifestyle diseases to the fore - and these are exquisitely sensitive to stress.”

“There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.”

“Once a child is confronted with the concept of death there's a certain innocence that goes.”

“Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.”

“Normality is death.”

“At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.”

“I'm more afraid of marriage than death.”

“Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.”

“Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death.”