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title: "32 Choose Death Quotes by 26 authors"
description: "Browse 32 Choose Death quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Choose Death sayings and thoughts."
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> [Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-de-poitiers/old-age-appears-hideous-to-us-until-we-have-to-choose-between-it-and/)

[Diane de Poitiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-de-poitiers/)

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> [“Kings can choose other than to sin. They can choose death instead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-giardina/kings-can-choose-other-than-to-sin-they-can-choose-death-instead/)

[Denise Giardina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-giardina/)

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> [One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheldon-b-kopp/one-can-choose-life-or-choose-death-having-chosen-life-i-must-live-it/)

[Sheldon B. Kopp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheldon-b-kopp/)

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> [“In a 50-50 life or death crisis, choose death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunetomo-yamamoto/in-a-50-50-life-or-death-crisis-choose-death/)

[Tsunetomo Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunetomo-yamamoto/)

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> [Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/just-as-i-shall-select-my-ship-when-i-am-about-to-go-on-a-voyage-or/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/bushido-is-realised-in-the-presence-of-death-in-the-case-of-having-to/)

[Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/)

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> [When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/when-confronted-with-two-alternatives-life-and-death-one-is-to-choose/)

[Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/)

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> [“If the choice is a life without dance or death, well then I choose DEATH! Now hand me my whiskey and tights.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitman/if-the-choice-is-a-life-without-dance-or-death-well-then-i-choose/)

[Jason Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitman/)

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> [When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/when-a-creature-has-developed-into-one-thing-he-will-choose-death/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yamamoto-tsunetomo/i-have-found-that-the-way-of-the-samurai-is-death-this-means-that/)

[Yamamoto Tsunetomo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yamamoto-tsunetomo/)

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> [“Socrates replied: One thing to me is certain, Antiphon; you have conceived so vivid an idea of my life of misery that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xenophon/socrates-replied-one-thing-to-me-is-certain-antiphon-you-have/)

[Xenophon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xenophon/)

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> [The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marya-mannes/the-right-to-choose-death-when-life-no-longer-holds-meaning-is-not/)

[Marya Mannes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marya-mannes/)

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> [Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/death-is-always-less-painful-and-easier-than-life-you-speak-true-and/)

[Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/)

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> [Not much music left inside us for life to dance to. Our youth has gone to the ends of the earth to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-ferdinand-celine/not-much-music-left-inside-us-for-life-to-dance-to-our-youth-has-gone/)

[Louis-Ferdinand Celine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-ferdinand-celine/)

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> [I myself and my wife - in order to escape the disgrace of deposition or capitulation - choose death. It is our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/i-myself-and-my-wife-in-order-to-escape-the-disgrace-of-deposition-or/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/i-feel-at-various-times-in-my-life-that-i-ve-been-at-a-point-where-i-2/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodie-foster/i-feel-at-various-times-in-my-life-that-i-ve-been-at-a-point-where-i/)

[Jodie Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodie-foster/)

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> [This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-moore-lapp/this-is-the-first-generation-to-know-that-the-choices-we-re-making/)

[Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-moore-lapp/)

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> [If... we choose death rather than true life, God does not take away the power that He gave us. And not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/if-we-choose-death-rather-than-true-life-god-does-not-take-away-the/)

[Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/)

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> [“And where, I ask you, can a man escape to, when he hasn’t enough madness left inside him? The truth is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-ferdinand-celine/and-where-i-ask-you-can-a-man-escape-to-when-he-hasn-t-enough-madness/)

[Louis-Ferdinand Céline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-ferdinand-celine/)

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> [“Beryl, on death: “No, you should never choose death, but it chooses you. Sometimes you know it’s coming, like my mother, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-woollard/beryl-on-death-no-you-should-never-choose-death-but-it-chooses-you/)

[Charlotte Woollard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-woollard/)

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> [“My name is Samaranth,” said the great red beast, “and all those you see around you declined my invitation, opting instead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-owen/my-name-is-samaranth-said-the-great-red-beast-and-all-those-you-see/)

[James A. Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-owen/)

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> [“The worst part is wondering how you’ll find the strength tomorrow to go on doing what you did today and have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-ferdinand-celine/the-worst-part-is-wondering-how-you-ll-find-the-strength-tomorrow-to/)

[Louis-Ferdinand Celine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-ferdinand-celine/)

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> [Kira: “Why did Sei choose death? Was it simply to end his pain? Or…No matter what shape he was in or how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fuyumi-soryo/kira-why-did-sei-choose-death-was-it-simply-to-end-his-pain-or-no/)

[Fuyumi Soryo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fuyumi-soryo/)

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> [This appetite to choose death by pleasure if it is available to choose - this appetite of your people unable to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/this-appetite-to-choose-death-by-pleasure-if-it-is-available-to/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [Choose to see death as simply removing a garment or moving from one room to another... it's merely a transition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/choose-to-see-death-as-simply-removing-a-garment-or-moving-from-one/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds... And he must be ready to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gable/the-things-a-man-has-to-have-are-hope-and-confidence-in-himself-2/)

[Clark Gable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gable/)

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> [There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/there-lies-before-us-if-we-choose-continual-progress-in-happiness/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-moore-lapp/what-an-extraordinary-time-to-be-alive-we-re-the-first-people-on-our/)

[Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-moore-lapp/)

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> [“Why, it has often occurred to me to ask myself, do I so frequently choose death, transience, and the grave as subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caspar-david-friedrich/why-it-has-often-occurred-to-me-to-ask-myself-do-i-so-frequently/)

[Caspar David Friedrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caspar-david-friedrich/)

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> [“The clerk tripped on the carpet, hit a window and went through, carrying with him a vase which had been on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-aylett/the-clerk-tripped-on-the-carpet-hit-a-window-and-went-through/)

[Steve Aylett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-aylett/)

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> [There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-s-shneidman/there-is-no-single-best-kind-of-death-a-good-death-is-one-that-is/)

[Edwin S. Shneidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-s-shneidman/)

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