Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we…

Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go,…

— Euripides

knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us.

— Anna Quindlen

“I know what's wrong with me - I could never stand still for death! Which you've got to do by a certain age, or…

— Arthur Miller

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

— Nick Tosches

I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's what made…

— Dolph Lundgren

Death and pain dominate this world, for though many are cured, they leave still weak, still tremulous, still knowing mortality has whispered to them;…

— Denise Levertov

“There is nothing serious in mortality! Solomon in all his glory was Solomon with the elements of the contemptible lurking in every fold of…

— Wilkie Collins

Sensible Catholics have for generations been ignoring the views on contraception held by reactionary old men in the Vatican, but alas, since it is…

— A.C. Grayling

Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.

— Horace

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound…

— Francis Pharcellus Church

Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.

— Sir Fulke Greville

Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children.

— Hector Berlioz

We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we…

— William James

Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished.

— Zygmunt Bauman

“Muchos de los ángeles de Dios no tienen alas...”

— José N. Harris