Death
Quotes - A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH
“Our
revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I
foretold you, were all spirits and
Are
melted into air, into thin air:
And,
like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The
cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The
solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea,
all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And,
like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave
not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As
dreams are made on, and our little life
Is
rounded with a sleep.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
“I
felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might
have loved you back but can't due to deadness.”
―
John Green, Looking for Alaska
“People
die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is
ever-changing.”
―
Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun
“After
all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.”
―
E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
“O
serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!
Did
ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful
tyrant! fiend angelical!
Dove-feather'd
raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised
substance of divinest show!
Just
opposite to what thou justly seem'st,
A
damned saint, an honourable villain!
O
nature, what hadst thou to do in hell;
When
thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In
mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was
ever book containing such vile matter
So
fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell
In
such a gorgeous palace!”
―
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“How
dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the
fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there
is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries.
Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of
commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the
Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and
refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan
law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a
child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery
until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Thousands
become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all know how to die but the
influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow
it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund,
Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread
throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it
not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science
against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might
fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”
―
Winston Churchill, The River War
“Surely
it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.”
―
Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“On
many counts, taking a boy like Rudy Steiner was robbery--so much life, so much
to live for--yet somehow, I'm certain he would have loved to see the
frightening rubble and the swelling of the sky on the night he passed away.
He'd have cried and turned and smiled if only he could have seen the book thief
on her hands and knees, next to his decimated body. He'd have been glad to
witness her kissing his dusty, bomb-hit lips.
Yes,
I know it.
In
the darkness of my dark-beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it all right.
You
see?
Even
death has a heart.”
―
Markus Zusak (The Book Thief), The Book Thief
“A
SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH
I do
not carry a sickle or scythe.
I
only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold.
And
I don't have those skull-like facial features you seem to enjoy pinning on me
from a distance. You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out.
Find yourself a mirror while I continue.”
―
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
“I
was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.
It
is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are
gone.”
―
Brian Andreas, Story People
“...
It's perfect! Locke would appreciate it."
"Bug,"
Calo said, "Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But
the four most fatal words in the Therin language are 'Locke would appreciate
it.'"
"Rivalled
only by 'Locke taught me a new trick,'" added Galo.
"The
only person who gets away with Locke Lamora games ..."
"...
is Locke ..."
"...
because we think the gods are saving him up for a really big death. Something
with knives and hot irons ..."
"...
and fifty thousand cheering spectators.”
―
Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora
“Adam
is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I'm feeling
things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have
lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that
nothing will ever fill.”
―
Gayle Forman, If I Stay
“A
man who wants to die feels angry and full of life and desperate and bored and
exhausted, all at the same time; he wants to fight everyone, and he wants to
curl up in a ball and hide in a cupboard somewhere. He wants to say sorry to
everyone, and he wants everyone to know just how badly they've all let him
down.”
―
Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
“If
you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right”
―
Steve Jobs
