Death Quotes

The one certainty. These quotes face mortality with wisdom, humor, and grace.

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"Only a few days separate us from those who rest."
James Joyce
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"Death reminds us that life has value."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Man is born crying. When he has cried enough, he dies."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The awful truth is that the moment we are all born, we start our dying."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Death and life were not till man made up the whole, made lock and key."
William Butler Yeats
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"Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal."
William Butler Yeats
"One day we were born, one day we will die."
Samuel Beckett
"The meaning of life is that it ends."
Samuel Beckett
"Death teaches us to live fully."
Samuel Beckett
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"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death."
Oscar Wilde
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"Dead men tell no lies, but neither do they tell the truth."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Death is not an end, but a transformation."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Death is not the opposite of life; it is the completion of it."
James Joyce
"I shall soon be quite dead."
Samuel Beckett
"We are dying, all the time, it's not waiting for later."
Samuel Beckett
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"Death itself is not terrible, but the thought of dying is."
Anton Chekhov
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"Death is the cure for all diseases."
George Bernard Shaw
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"Death is the only lover that comes to us unbidden."
William Butler Yeats
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"Death is not an ending, but a transition."
Thomas Hardy
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"Death is not an enemy, but a friend."
Thomas Hardy
"Astride of a grave and a difficult birth, down in the hole, lingeringly."
Samuel Beckett
"Death is the only thing we're guaranteed."
Samuel Beckett
"We are born astride the grave."
Samuel Beckett
"The dead are everywhere, watching us."
Samuel Beckett
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"The dead know only one thing: they know not to trust the living."
James Joyce
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"Death teaches us the value of every living breath."
James Joyce
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"Death, the last sleep? No, the final awakening."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Death removes us from our illusions about life."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Death is but a transition, not an ending."
Anne Brontë