death

"But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life."

"And Death spoke to them —’”“Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?”“It’s a fairy tale, Harry!”“Right, sorry. Go on."

"Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them."

"What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone."

"Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."

"When a solipsist dies ... everything goes with him."

"Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise."

"He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much."

"Mendacity is a system that we live in,"declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other."

"Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."

"O weep for Adonis - He is dead.""Peace. He is not dead he doth not sleep - he hath wakened from the dream of life"

"I'm so popular in life that valets are already starting to park the cars lined up for my funeral, which is expected sometime late 2082. #OutBoastKanye"

"Everything is true,' he said. 'Everything anybody has ever thought.''Will you be all right?''I'll be all right,' he said, and thought, And I'm going to die. Both those are true, too."

"Self-destruction would be a brief, almost autoerotic free-fall into a great velvet darkness."

"Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist."

"Susannah continued. "If and when I go off slow dancing in the ever after, I don't want to look like I've been stuck in a hospital room my whole life. I at least want to be tan."

"Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around."

"Tell me what it is like to die,"I answered. He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You experience something similar every day,"he said softly. "It is as familiar to you as bread and butter.""Yes,"I said. "It is like every night when I fall asleep.""No. It is like every morning when you wake up."

"Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."

"I wish the night would end,I wish the day'd begin,I wish it would rain or snow,or the wind would blow,or the grass would grow,I wish I had yesterday,I wish there were games to play..."