"Get the coffin ready and the man won't die." ~ Chinese Proverb
Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die. ~ Mencius
Friends you have, people you love, die and are born again. ~ Sherwood Anderson
Why do dying people never shed tears? ~ Max Frisch, Sketchbook, 1966-71
Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. ~ Bertolt Brecht, The Mother
Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living. ~ William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
When a friend dies, part of yourself dies, too. ~ St. John Irvine
When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies... I'm gonna play and dance and sing. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Death. It doesn't have to be boring. ~ Mary Roach
I feel so much the continual death of everything and everybody, and have so learned to reconcile myself to it, that the final and official end loses most of its impressiveness. ~ George Santayana, Letters, 1931
Until death, it is all life. ~ Miguel de Cervantes
When I am dead, I hope it may be said, "His sins were Scarlett but his books were read." ~ Hilaire Belloc
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup--they all die. So do we. ~ Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
I don't fear death. ~ Benazir Bhutto