Death
Quotes - We are all Alone
“You'll
stay with me?'
Until
the very end,' said James.”
― J.
K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“I
go to seek a Great Perhaps.”
―
François Rabelais
“Things
we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we
expect.”
― JK
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“We
are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we
shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company,
we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but
essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so
important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the
hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
―
Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman,
1955-1967
“If
you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you
spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”
―
Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
“That
was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just
when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it
just hits you all over again, that shocking.”
―
Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever
“Even
death has a heart.”
―
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“Don't
feel bad, I'm usually about to die.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth
“To
be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether
'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or
to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And
by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No
more; and by a sleep to say we end
The
heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That
flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly
to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To
sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For
in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When
we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must
give us pause: there's the respect
That
makes calamity of so long life;
For
who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The
oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The
pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The
insolence of office and the spurns
That
patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When
he himself might his quietus make
With
a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To
grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But
that the dread of something after death,
The
undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No
traveller returns, puzzles the will
And
makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than
fly to others that we know not of?
Thus
conscience does make cowards of us all;
And
thus the native hue of resolution
Is
sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And
enterprises of great pith and moment
With
this regard their currents turn awry,
And
lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The
fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be
all my sins remember'd!”
―
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“When
people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
―
Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
“When
he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
―
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
“I
meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that
truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death
thought about it.
CATS,
he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
―
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
“DON'T
THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID
THE RUSH.”
―
Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter,
Witch
“Older
men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
―
Herbert Hoover
“If
you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you
always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?”
―
Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
“I
could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.”
―
Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“You
only live twice:
Once
when you are born
And
once when you look death in the face”
―
Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice
“The
last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“A
small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think
they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”
―
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“If
death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back
as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”
―
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
