“ We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us. Santone, then, cannot be blamed for this cold gray fog that came and kissed the lips of the three thousand, and then delivered them to the cross.… O. Henry
“ To die is to be a counterfeit, for he is but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a man; but to counterfeit dying when a man thereby liveth is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfe… William Shakespeare
“ Back then everyone was saying: "We're going to die, we're going to die. By the year 2000, there won't be any Belarussians left. Svetlana Alexievich
“ What’s it gonna be like, dying? To go to sleep and never, never, never wake up.Well, a lot of things it’s not gonna be like. It’s not going to be like being buried alive. It’s not going to be like bei… Alan W. Watts
“ It's a messy business, dying,' he said. 'As time goes on there's just less and less of you. It happens quickly for some; for others it can drag on. Starting from birth you keep losing one thing after… Robert Seethaler
“ Whenever serious sickness or injury strikes and your body or mind breaks down, the vital questions are the same: What is your understanding of the situation and its potential outcomes? What are your f… Atul Gawande
“ Technological society has forgotten what scholars call the 'dying role' and its importance to people as life approaches its end. People want to share memories, pass on wisdoms and keepsakes, settle re… Atul Gawande
“ A funny thing happened post-diagnosis. They put him on drugs, things went up and down, but he lived. He lived. It was like a waiting room where they kept not calling your name. Garth Risk Hallberg
“ Death pulls people from our spaces so often and we accept it as our final payment for having been here and having lived, however big or small. We don’t always have time to notice how things have chang… Darnell Lamont Walker
“ You looked inhuman when you were dying, Doc, your eyes glistened like dimming stars, you were wasting away and life was leaving you piecemeal, your soul no longer fit your body, you hated it and I hat… Rabih Alameddine
“ Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at cocktail parties, giving the user what he… John Mortimer
“ Why did it take the threat of dying to truly notice how exquisite a sunrise or sunset could be? Suzanne Woods Fisher
“ He's lost his colour very far from here,Poured it down shell-holes till the veins ran dry Wilfred Owen
“ How ironic, she thought, as she fell to her certain death, that at that moment she would have given anything to be a giant goose again. Michael Buckley
“ I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard. Gayle Forman
