Dying Quotes - Page 7

Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.

I am dying: it's a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it.

We must be conscious of this; one day, the life we have, will be gone.

I want to be a bird that is not afraid of falling since it's been flying for so long.

Think of the great poetry, the music and dance and ritual that spring forth from our aspiring to a life beyond death. Maybe these things are justification enough for our hopes and dreams, although I wouldn't say that to a dying man.

Aren't you afraid of dying?
Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should be able to handle it.

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

All but one of Zoe Pendergraft's friends were dead.

The friend I can trust is the one who will let me have my death.
The rest are actors who want me to stay and further the plot.

Ever two seconds, somewhere in the world, a child dies of starvation. That means every two seconds there is a story where the main character dies. That's a lot of horrible stories. So if my death looks like a sad story to someone else, I hope those people will use their imagination to think of all the children who don't get special deaths.

When she awakes, she knows where she is. This place, this ancient place sears one’s soul with recognition. 'Heaven' seems an inadequate word for it, but that is what it is known as.

Waking up in a room with no natural light does something to a man. no windows. I’m almost afraid to die. I fear my soul won’t make it out.

When the expected occurred, never panic, by keep calming, you gain control over the situation.

Unborn eternity does not die; existence is dying and falls asleep in the eternity beyond existence.

A hero stands up to the villain in themselves.

Life and death are something everyone will experience. It is living that only few will have embraced

We are, perhaps uniquely among the earth’s creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

I spend a lot of time wondering what dying feels like. What dying sounds like. If I’ll burst like those notes, let out my last cries of pain, and then go silent forever. Or maybe I’ll turn into a shadowy static that’s barely there, if you just listen hard enough.

You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.