Dying Quotes - Page 3

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)

Once a flower is picked it immediately begins to die.

Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying.

I have seen many die, surrounded by loved ones, and their last words were ‘I love you.’ There were some who could no longer speak yet with their eyes and soft smile left behind that same healing message. I have been in rooms where those who were dying made it feel like sacred ground. (26)

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

I have seem even those who have long since abjured God die in grace. . . . Atheists don't use their drying to bargain for a better seat at the table; indeed they may not even believe supper is being served. They are not storing up 'merit.'; They just smile because their heart is ripe. They are kind for no particular reason; they just love.

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

Dreams link us to those who have already left this life.

And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he's gone like a whisper, the easiest breath.

The question of how to spend my life, of what my life is for, is a question posed only to me, and I can no more delegate the responsibility for answering it than I can delegate the task of dying.

Oh God, Alaska, I love you. I love you," and the Colonel whispered, "I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did," and I said, "No. Not past tense." She wasn't even a person anymore, just flesh rotting, but I loved her present tense.

Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes welcomer yet the death that's to be died.

Death is not the end death can never be the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The Soul is the Guide

Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. (“Death Ship”)

In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and burst into tears.

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse.

Funerals aren't scheduled.

Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.