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title: "10 Death anniversary Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Death anniversary quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Death anniversary sayings and thoughts."
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> [Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelia-josephine-burr/because-i-have-loved-life-i-shall-have-no-sorrow-to-die/)

[Amelia Josephine Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelia-josephine-burr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/amelia-josephine-burr-95800_death_because-i-have-loved-life-i-shall-have-n_1886556.jpg)

> [No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/no-one-really-knows-why-they-are-alive-until-they-know-what-they-d/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/martin-luther-king-jr-127_alive_no-one-really-knows-why-they-are-alive-u_2853709.png)

> [Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/death-is-not-the-opposite-of-life-but-a-part-of-it/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/haruki-murakami-21_body_death-is-not-the-opposite-of-life-but-a_2041567.jpg)

> [Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/love-is-how-you-stay-alive-even-after-you-are-gone/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/mitch-albom-187_alive_love-is-how-you-stay-alive-even-after-yo_60040.png)

> [Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/fear-not-death-for-the-sooner-we-die-the-longer-shall-we-be-immortal/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/benjamin-franklin-65_age_fear-not-death-for-the-sooner-we-die-the_616658.png)

> [Death is no more than passing from one room into another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/death-is-no-more-than-passing-from-one-room-into-another/)

[Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/helen-keller-429_after-death_death-is-no-more-than-passing-from-one-r_1772478.png)

> [For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-what-is-it-to-die-but-to-stand-naked-in-the-wind-and-to-melt-into/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/anonymous-1_claims_for-what-is-it-to-die-but-to-stand-naked_1856096.jpg)

> [“coming 14 april is a 4th death anniversary of good boy,they needed an angel, they took the best,rest in peace (F)...bro”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakhiabbas/coming-14-april-is-a-4th-death-anniversary-of-good-boy-they-needed-an/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/sakhiabbas-24636_angel_coming-14-april-is-a-4th-death-anniversa_1517896.jpg)

> [That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/that-was-the-thing-you-never-got-used-to-it-the-idea-of-someone-being-2/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/sarah-dessen-110_accepted_that-was-the-thing-you-never-got-used-to_2597405.jpg)

> [Life is a hurricane, and we board up to save what we can and bow low to the earth to crouch in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesmyn-ward/life-is-a-hurricane-and-we-board-up-to-save-what-we-can-and-bow-low/)

[Jesmyn Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesmyn-ward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/jesmyn-ward-1426_boards_life-is-a-hurricane-and-we-board-up-to-s_1869164.png)

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