#death

In the beginning we start with roses. The king’s flower right? Only they wilt in less than a day, especially when exposed to the elements. But Carnations? Oh, what a beautiful flower. They come in every color. True, some are painted, but that doesn’t mean they are less beautiful, and they never wilt. ↗

— Ruth McLeod-Kearns

#cemetery #death #drama #family #fiction

(On the death of Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll) Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his. His was a great and beautiful spirit, he was a man – all man, from his crown to his footsoles. My reverence for him was deep and genuine. ↗

— Mark Twain

#eulogy #friend #funeral #grief #love

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#gallows-humor #humor #laughing #death

Yeah, but the lost diadem," said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, "is lost, Luna. That's sort of the point. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humor #lost #luna-lovegood #michael-corner #ravenclaw

an uneasy rhythm of life is more life like than an easy death ↗

— Suman Pokhrel

#death

Thinking, Garraty thought. That’s the day’s business. Thinking. Thinking and isolation, because it doesn’t matter if you pass the time of day with someone or not; in the end, you’re alone. ↗

— Stephen King

#life-and-death #business

Fretting over how life ends, or anything else for that matter, is a complete waste of time. ↗

— Samantha Sotto

#death

You are mortal. You age, you die. If that is not hell, pray tell me, what is? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #death #humans #life #mortal

But really death seems the least awful thing that can happen to someone ↗

— Sebastian Horsley

#death

And then we ease him out of that worn-out body with a kiss, and he's gone like a whisper, the easiest breath. ↗