“ 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 love… John Green
“ No 'tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church door but 'tis enough 'twill serve: ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered I warrant for this world. William Shakespeare
“ It is a far far better thing that I do than anything I have ever done it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. Charles Dickens
“ And all the while one spirit uttered this,The other one did weep so, that, for pity,I swooned away as if I had been dying,And fell, even as a dead body falls. Dante Alighieri
“ A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity. Henri J.M. Nouwen
“ A line that reads, 'Died gallantly' would tell a truer story, often, if it read, 'Died screaming'; and instead of the total number of troops who 'sacrificed' their lives, we might simply chisel onto a… Craig Juresevic
“ Most persons have died before they expired - died to all earthly longings so that the last breath is only as it were the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion. Oliver Wendell Holmes
“ I believe that the struggle against death the unconditional and self-willed determination to live is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men. Hermann Hesse
“ I learned that dying is just a part of our journey of life. We are all on this journey and dying is a part of it for each of us. That does not mean that hope is hone. Hope just changes to a very reali… Joyce Hutchinson
“ Apart from being dead its going to be necessary to die. And I'm dealing at the moment with the realization that at my age there is absoutely no way in which I can skirt the matter and come out on the… Nathaniel Tarn
“ Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side e… John Green
“ It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a ba… Jonathan Safran Foer
“ He nodded toward the window with the sunshine streaming in. You see that? You can go out there, outside, anytime. You can run up and down the block and go crazy. I can't do that. I can't go out. I can… Mitch Albom
“ But everyone knows someone who has died, I said. Why is it so hard to think about dying?'Because,' Morrie continued, 'most of us walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the wo… Mitch Albom
