“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.”— Rick Yancey, amazon.com
“To describe my despair would be impossible. No words could tell it. I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.”— Jules Verne, amazon.com
“First our pleasures die — and then Our hopes, and then our fears — and when These are dead, the debt is due, Dust claims dust — and we die too.”— Percy Bysshe Shelley, en.wikiquote.org
“They live as if they were never going to die, and die as if they had never lived”— Paulo Coelho, paulocoelhoblog.com
“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com
“I’m so scared of dying without ever being really seen. Can you understand?”— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com
“It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.”— Woody Allen, amazon.com
“Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy.”— Stephen R. Donaldson, brainyquote.com
“We’re going to die. There’s nothing to stop it. There’s no protecting future generations. Fleeing to Mars won’t help. Science won’t stop Yellowstone.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“So the odds are on my side. I will live forever. Unless something weird happens. Like dying.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“Driving myself into an early grave, but that's okay, I could use the sleep.”— Free Throw, open.spotify.com
“People on their deathbeds don't talk about what they obtained or were awarded. They talk about their loved ones or their regrets—that seems to be the menu.”— Brad Pitt, gq.com
“You think there will be a time to say goodbye, but people have often gone before you know about it. And I don't just mean the dying.”— Rachel Joyce, amazon.com
“'One day you will die.' Not true! It will likely take several days.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com