Quotes on Death and Dying

Death cometh soon or late;
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods?

-Thomas B. Macaulay

There is no death! What seems so is transition;
This life of mortal breath
Is but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call Death.

-Henry W. Longfellow

In death a hero, as in life a friend!

-Alexander Pope

Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

-Vladimir Nobokov

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

-Herodotus

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done;
it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

-Charles Dickens

I am going to seek the great Perhaps

-Francois Rabelais