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Joe" I said. "It's Stephanie." "Does this involve death?" "Not yet." "Does this involve sex?" "Not yet." "I can't imagine why else you'd be calling me. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#stephanie #death

The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#death

If you cannot love me, I will die. Before you came I wanted to die, I have told you many times. It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody. ↗

— James Baldwin

#love #death

Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#death

Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either. ↗

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

#life #death

Was it hard? I hope she didn't die hard.' Sethe shook her head. 'Soft as cream. Being alive was the hard part. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#death

You can still be cool when you’re dead. In fact, it’s much easier, because you aren’t getting old and fat and losing your hair. ↗

— Audrey Niffenegger

#death

You have to trust or you're only living half a life. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

And what will you give me in return, Severus?’ ‘In – in return?’ Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, ‘Anything... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#death

Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher's last words were "Now comes the mystery." The poet Dylan Thomas, who liked a good drink at least as much as Alaska, said, "I've had eighteen straight whiskeys. I do believe that's a record," before dying. Alaska's favorite was playwright Eugene O'Neill: "Born in a hotel room, and--God damn it--died in a hotel room." Even car-accident victims sometimes have time for last words. Princess Diana said, "Oh God. What's happened?" Movie star James Dean said, "They've got to see us," just before slamming his Porsche into another car. I know so many last words. But I will never know hers. ↗

— John Green

#last-words #death