--- title: "10 Death Looked Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Death Looked quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Death Looked sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_550466.png" --- > [Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked-at-with-a-steady-eye/) [Francois de La Rochefoucauld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_550466.png) > [Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked-at-steadily/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/anonymous-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_1679766.jpg) > [“Those who thought death looked like sleep had never seen it. When”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-e-schwab/those-who-thought-death-looked-like-sleep-had-never-seen-it-when/) [V.E. Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-e-schwab/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/v-e-schwab-4952_death_those-who-thought-death-looked-like-slee_2655703.jpg) > [“She closed her eyes; and in the sweet slumber lying her spirit tiptoed from its lodging place. It's folly to shrink in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petrarch/she-closed-her-eyes-and-in-the-sweet-slumber-lying-her-spirit-tiptoed/) [Petrarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petrarch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/petrarch-6716_death_she-closed-her-eyes-and-in-the-sweet-slu_2246804.png) > [“The dank smell of death in that alleyway haunted her senses, her memories. She kept thinking this was the end—this was what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-dawes/the-dank-smell-of-death-in-that-alleyway-haunted-her-senses-her/) [Lauren Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-dawes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abe/lauren-dawes-255550_death_the-dank-smell-of-death-in-that-alleyway_1012900.jpg) > [In death, they all looked the same. This morning they spoke, they breathed, they kissed their loved ones good-bye. And now they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/in-death-they-all-looked-the-same-this-morning-they-spoke-they/) [Ilona Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilona-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/ilona-andrews-150_bye_in-death-they-all-looked-the-same-this-m_960840.png) > [“Death paused, his hand on the spine of the book. And why do you think I directed you to the stables? think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/death-paused-his-hand-on-the-spine-of-the-book-and-why-do-you-think-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/terry-pratchett-19_books_death-paused-his-hand-on-the-spine-of-th_137952.jpg) > [“ This morning, on the avenue, my death was walking next to me, under the plane-trees. I came back home, lied on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bobin/this-morning-on-the-avenue-my-death-was-walking-next-to-me-under-the/) [Christian Bobin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bobin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/christian-bobin-21802_books_this-morning-on-the-avenue-my-death-was_5558.jpg) > [“Braith opened her eyes and screamed at what hovered above her, “Gods! Death comes for me!” The horrifying face of death curled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-a-aiken/braith-opened-her-eyes-and-screamed-at-what-hovered-above-her-gods/) [G.A. Aiken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-a-aiken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/g-a-aiken-1894_death_braith-opened-her-eyes-and-screamed-at-w_575426.jpg) > [Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/again-somehow-one-saw-life-a-pure-bead-i-lifted-the-pencil-again/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/virginia-woolf-49_antagonist_again-somehow-one-saw-life-a-pure-bead-i_2687232.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death-looked/#itemlist", "name": "Death Looked Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francois de La Rochefoucauld" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked-at-with-a-steady-eye/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_550466.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_550466.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_550466.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked-at-steadily/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/anonymous-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_1679766.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/anonymous-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_1679766.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/anonymous-1_death_neither-the-sun-nor-death-can-be-looked_1679766.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those who thought death looked like sleep had never seen it. 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