Quotes about death

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Quotes

  1. When one flowers dies, another is born.

  2. Those who look for death have to wait patiently till death finds those who look.

  3. All living things sustain each other. All living things depend upon death not as an end, an absolute completion, but as a beginning of a new rhythm, a way of fulfillment in passing on the restless force of life.

  4. For death is only a loss of radiance, and birth is only the beginning of a separate journey.

  5. We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat."

  6. '... No, I should have died at Bel-Azzar. Nothing has gone right since then.' 'Death comes soon enough to all men. Don't wish for it.'

  7. Never be glad that another man has died. Not ever. [...] It never ends. Never ... ever ... be glad to kill.

  8. Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.

  9. Death haunts everyone and never fails.

  10. Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

  11. Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.

  12. You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.