Death Mother Quotes

Death is the mother of beauty.

— Denis Johnson

Death is the mother of forms.

— Octavio Paz

My most defining moment was the death of my mother.

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

The death of a mother is the first sorrow wept without her.

— Anonymous

Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror.

— Donna Tartt

“Death is the mother of Beauty. And what is Beauty? Terror.”

— Donna Tartt

The night kissed the fading day With a whisper: "I am death, your mother, From me you will get new birth."

— Rabindranath Tagore

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

— Wallace Stevens

“I love you as the mother of my child": the kiss of death. Mother of His Child: demotion. I am beginning to…

— Suzanne Finnamore

“I sensed more than recognized the sound of those skeletal knuckles on the door. I was too young for it to be…

— Dan Skinner

“Her mother will die, but it will not be because death has found her mother. It will be because her mother dared…

— Jason Gurley

Death is the mother of beauty, mystical, Within whose burning bosom we devise Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly.

— Wallace Stevens

“Death which is the mother of the universe!—Now wear your nakedness forever, white flowers in your hair, your marriage sealed behind the…

— Allen Ginsberg

Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People…

— Mary Schmich

“A death happened at 3:12 in the morning. A private death between the mother and herself, before she could finish her one…

— Lydia Netzer- Shine Shine Shine

“Don't threaten me with your death, Mother. God doesn't want you, and the Devil won't have you. Doesn't want the competition.”

— Lynn Hall

I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally…

— Hope Edelman

Rebirth is almost impossible without the darkness…I tell myself I am experiencing the death of myself as mother, the death of myself…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“The one who re-creates from that which has died is always a double-sided archetype. The Creation Mother is always also the Death…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“You’re not done with me entirely, human. I’m the mother of his daughter. (Artemis) You’re right. You are Katra’s mother, poor her.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen…

— Cheryl Strayed

Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.

— Wallace Stevens