--- title: "16 Death Long Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Death Long quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Death Long sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/allen-tate-7943_long_death-s-long-anabasis-2032011_2032011.jpg" --- > [Death's long anabasis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-tate/death-s-long-anabasis/) [Allen Tate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-tate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/allen-tate-7943_long_death-s-long-anabasis-2032011_2032011.jpg) > [Death, however long expected, is sudden at the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jane-holmes/death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at-the-last/) [Mary Jane Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-jane-holmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/mary-jane-holmes-63037_death_death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at_2924972.jpg) > [He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/french-proverb/he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-another-has-a-long-rope-to-pull/) [French Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/french-proverb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/french-proverb-12968_anxious_he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-anoth_2232366.jpg) > [I don't want to die. Damn death. Long live life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/i-don-t-want-to-die-damn-death-long-live-life/) [James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/james-joyce-281_damn_i-don-t-want-to-die-damn-death-long-live_2224180.jpg) > [Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/oh-death-will-find-me-long-before-i-tire-of-watching-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/anonymous-1_death_oh-death-will-find-me-long-before-i-tire_747272.jpg) > [To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-quarles/to-fear-death-is-the-way-to-live-long-to-lie-afraid-of-death-is-to-be/) [Francis Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-quarles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/francis-quarles-1740_afraid-of-death_to-fear-death-is-the-way-to-live-long-to_1183009.png) > [Remember that life is short and death is long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-scholder/remember-that-life-is-short-and-death-is-long/) [Fritz Scholder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritz-scholder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/fritz-scholder-53535_death_remember-that-life-is-short-and-death-is_2258899.jpg) > [“That someone would mourn her death made her long to live in the fiercest way." Alancia's Dance, Hall of Heroes Anthology”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-burke-2/that-someone-would-mourn-her-death-made-her-long-to-live-in-the/) [H. L. Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-burke-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/h-l-burke-2-103061_death_that-someone-would-mourn-her-death-made_1642187.jpg) > [Oh! death will find me, long before I tire Of watching for you; and swing me suddenly Into the shade and loneliness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-brooke/oh-death-will-find-me-long-before-i-tire-of-watching-for-you-and/) [Rupert Brooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-brooke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/rupert-brooke-9926_death_oh-death-will-find-me-long-before-i-tire_1719784.png) > [Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/long-life-and-short-are-by-death-made-all-one-for-there-is-no-long/) [Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/687/michel-de-montaigne-142_death_long-life-and-short-are-by-death-made-al_2428393.jpg) > [“Why, hello, Death. Long time no see. As you can see, I just couldn't stay away. The creeping things called out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pendle/why-hello-death-long-time-no-see-as-you-can-see-i-just-couldn-t-stay/) [George Pendle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pendle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/george-pendle-45164_death_why-hello-death-long-time-no-see-as-you_445285.jpg) > [ “\[From Pale Horse, Pale Rider \] The road to death is a long march beset with all evils. . .” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-anne-porter/from-pale-horse-pale-rider-the-road-to-death-is-a-long-march-beset/) [Katherine Anne Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-anne-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/katherine-anne-porter-2653_death_from-pale-horse-pale-rider-the-road-to-d_2028453.jpg) > [What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/what-i-m-after-is-not-living-to-1-000-i-m-after-letting-people-avoid/) [Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/aubrey-de-grey-17616_after_what-i-m-after-is-not-living-to-1-000-i_736079.png) > [Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-lafferty-2/death-is-for-a-long-time-those-of-shallow-thought-say-that-it-is/) [R. A. Lafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-lafferty-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fad/r-a-lafferty-2-29805_body_death-is-for-a-long-time-those-of-shallo_1624549.jpg) > [A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meghan-o-rourke/a-death-from-a-long-illness-is-very-different-from-a-sudden-death-it/) [Meghan O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meghan-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/meghan-o-rourke-9574_beloved_a-death-from-a-long-illness-is-very-diff_2615422.jpg) > [“Death is a long process," Archer says. "Your body is just the first part of you that croaks." Meaning: Beyond that, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/death-is-a-long-process-archer-says-your-body-is-just-the-first-part/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/chuck-palahniuk-37_death_death-is-a-long-process-archer-says-your_379496.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death-long/#itemlist", "name": "Death Long Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death's long anabasis.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Allen Tate" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-tate/death-s-long-anabasis/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/allen-tate-7943_long_death-s-long-anabasis-2032011_2032011.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/allen-tate-7943_long_death-s-long-anabasis-2032011_2032011.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/allen-tate-7943_long_death-s-long-anabasis-2032011_2032011.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Death's long anabasis.” — Allen Tate", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death, however long expected, is sudden at the last.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary Jane Holmes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-jane-holmes/death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at-the-last/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/mary-jane-holmes-63037_death_death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at_2924972.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/mary-jane-holmes-63037_death_death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at_2924972.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/mary-jane-holmes-63037_death_death-however-long-expected-is-sudden-at_2924972.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Death, however long expected, is sudden at the last.” — Mary Jane Holmes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "French Proverb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/french-proverb/he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-another-has-a-long-rope-to-pull/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/french-proverb-12968_anxious_he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-anoth_2232366.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/french-proverb-12968_anxious_he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-anoth_2232366.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/french-proverb-12968_anxious_he-who-is-anxious-for-the-death-of-anoth_2232366.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull.” — French Proverb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want to die. 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