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Death Quotes - Page 121

A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows.

Don Marquis, William McCollum (1982). “Selected letters of Don Marquis”, Northwoods Pr

The near touch of death may be a release into life; if only it will break the egoistic will, and release that other flow.

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8354, Delphi Classics

Death persecutes before it executes.

Cynthia Ozick (1966). “Trust”

Whoever mourns the dead mourns himself.

Cynthia Ozick (1996). “A Cynthia Ozick Reader”, p.45, Indiana University Press

How happily, how happily, the flowers die away! / Oh! Could we but return to earth as easily as they.

Caroline Anne Southey (1836). “The birth-day; a poem: to which are added, occasional verses”, p.178

... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.

Billy Graham (1994). “Death and the Life After”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

Death takes no bribes.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.16, Nayika Publishing

I want people to emphasize life before death as opposed to life after death.

"'Kelly File' special: Defying the Sword". "The Kelly File," May 24, 2015, www.foxnews.com. May 26, 2015.

Hitherto man had to live with the idea of death as an individual; from now onward mankind will have to live with the idea of its death as a species.

Arthur Koestler (1981). “Kaleidoscope: essays from Drinkers of infinity, and The heel of Achilles and later pieces and stories”, Vintage

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

"On the Road". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1886.