--- title: "13 Death Hard Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Death Hard quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Death Hard sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/neil-gaiman-29_death_so-he-asked-how-s-death-hard-she-said-it_2791183.jpg" --- > [So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-he-asked-how-s-death-hard-she-said-it-just-keeps-going/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/neil-gaiman-29_death_so-he-asked-how-s-death-hard-she-said-it_2791183.jpg) > [That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beryl-markham/that-s-what-makes-death-so-hard-unsatisfied-curiosity/) [Beryl Markham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beryl-markham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9d/beryl-markham-6709_curiosity_that-s-what-makes-death-so-hard-unsatisf_2000400.png) > [Love is as strong as death, as hard as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-davidson/love-is-as-strong-as-death-as-hard-as-hell/) [Andrew Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/andrew-davidson-4371_classic_love-is-as-strong-as-death-as-hard-as-he_241336.png) > [Birth, not death, is the hard loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-gl-ck/birth-not-death-is-the-hard-loss/) [Louise Glück](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-gl-ck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/louise-gl-ck-9177_birth_birth-not-death-is-the-hard-loss-1329006_1329006.png) > [When you stood between somebody you loved and death, it was hard to be awake and it was hard to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-eugenides/when-you-stood-between-somebody-you-loved-and-death-it-was-hard-to-be/) [Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-eugenides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aae/jeffrey-eugenides-462_awake_when-you-stood-between-somebody-you-love_347538.png) > [Be careful, then, and be gentle about death. For it is hard to die, it is difficult to go through the door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/be-careful-then-and-be-gentle-about-death-for-it-is-hard-to-die-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/anonymous-1_be-careful_be-careful-then-and-be-gentle-about-deat_2364600.jpg) > [“I had to explain to him Mom's death, which was always hard to do. It felt like killing her again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/i-had-to-explain-to-him-mom-s-death-which-was-always-hard-to-do-it/) [Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/karen-russell-1697_death_i-had-to-explain-to-him-mom-s-death-whic_569239.png) > [I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/i-m-not-great-at-dealing-with-death-i-have-to-say-i-find-death-very/) [John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/john-lydon-1234_bears_i-m-not-great-at-dealing-with-death-i-ha_158425.jpg) > [We have this wild life experience that is full of fantastic minutiae and banal, huge events at the same time. Yet, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-fuller/we-have-this-wild-life-experience-that-is-full-of-fantastic-minutiae/) [Bryan Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-fuller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/bryan-fuller-7610_arguing_we-have-this-wild-life-experience-that-i_1859970.jpg) > [For me, my past characters been hard, the way they died, being murdered, the sadness that goes around, the death. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-williams/for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the-way-they-died-being-murdered/) [Michael K. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-k-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/michael-k-williams-10566_character_for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the_2720909.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death-hard/#itemlist", "name": "Death Hard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So,\" he asked. \"How's death?\" \"Hard,\" she said. \"It just keeps going.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-he-asked-how-s-death-hard-she-said-it-just-keeps-going/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/neil-gaiman-29_death_so-he-asked-how-s-death-hard-she-said-it_2791183.jpg", "contentUrl": 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It's a very hard thing to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael K. Williams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-williams/for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the-way-they-died-being-murdered/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/michael-k-williams-10566_character_for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the_2720909.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/michael-k-williams-10566_character_for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the_2720909.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/michael-k-williams-10566_character_for-me-my-past-characters-been-hard-the_2720909.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For me, my past characters been hard, the way they died, being murdered, the sadness that goes around, the…” — Michael K. 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