#at

I thought of the people before me who had looked down at the river and gone to sleep beneath it. I wondered about them. I wondered how they had done it--it, the physical act. I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine. ↗

— James Baldwin

#existential #death

As Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies lying next to Fred: Remus and Tonks, pale and still and peaceful-looking, apparently asleep beneath the dark, enchanted ceiling. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#nymphadora-tonks #remus-lupin #death

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#humour #summerset #death

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening. ↗

— Walter Scott

#death

Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#nash #reaper #tod #death

That boy needs a hobby." "Stalking is a hobby." "So is serial killing. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#death

Great. "So not only am I not-human, but Death is my arch foe?" Who, me? Panic? "Anything else you want to tell me, while we're confessing? ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#nash #death

Death is a state of mind---many people on Earth spend their entire lives dead. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#death

I don't give a shit, Dad!" "Well I do! I absolutely give a shit! This will completely exhaust you." "It's my body. I can do what I like!" "So you don't care about your body now?" "No, I'm sick of it! I'm sick of doctors and needles and blood tests and transfusions. I'm sick of being stuck in a bed day after day while the rest of you get on with your lives. I hate it! I hate all of you! Adam's gone for a university interview, did you know that? He's going to be here for years doing whatever he likes and I'm going to be under the ground in a couple of weeks! ↗

— Jenny Downham

#death

Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle. She died young. ↗

— John Webster

#jacobean-tragedy #murder #youth #death