--- title: "9 Dying Maybe Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Dying Maybe quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Dying Maybe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/peter-hedges-5212_afraid_i-grew-up-going-to-funerals-and-visiting_1675030.jpg" --- > [I grew up going to funerals and visiting people in nursing homes. I'm not as afraid of dealing with the dying as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hedges/i-grew-up-going-to-funerals-and-visiting-people-in-nursing-homes-i-m/) [Peter Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/peter-hedges-5212_afraid_i-grew-up-going-to-funerals-and-visiting_1675030.jpg) > [Failure is my best friend. If I succeeded, it would be like dying. Maybe worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-giacometti/failure-is-my-best-friend-if-i-succeeded-it-would-be-like-dying-maybe/) [Alberto Giacometti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-giacometti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/alberto-giacometti-15077_best-friend_failure-is-my-best-friend-if-i-succeeded_1333163.png) > [It's hard to refrain from crying even when someone is dying, but maybe death is not the end. Surely, we will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-madriaga/it-s-hard-to-refrain-from-crying-even-when-someone-is-dying-but-maybe/) [Vincent Madriaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-madriaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/vincent-madriaga-70383_crying_it-s-hard-to-refrain-from-crying-even-wh_1235718.jpg) > [Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if you friend was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-brashares/maybe-it-didn-t-matter-if-you-were-a-world-famous-heartthrob-or-a/) [Ann Brashares](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-brashares/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/ann-brashares-572_asks_maybe-it-didn-t-matter-if-you-were-a-wor_1849757.png) > [“Apparently people commonly died when their loved ones were out of the room. Bathroom break. Quick trip down to the cafeteria for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-shihab-nye/apparently-people-commonly-died-when-their-loved-ones-were-out-of-the/) [Naomi Shihab Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-shihab-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/naomi-shihab-nye-4185_absence_apparently-people-commonly-died-when-the_1385773.jpg) > [“Told you my soul was dying. Or maybe it simply belonged to other people. Either way, I needed a new one. Unfortunately,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-j-shen/told-you-my-soul-was-dying-or-maybe-it-simply-belonged-to-other/) [L.J. Shen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-j-shen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/l-j-shen-1983_death_told-you-my-soul-was-dying-or-maybe-it-s_2607671.jpg) > [“This was most alarming, what sort of terrible toil had deranged the poor woman? Would I also have to work day and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/this-was-most-alarming-what-sort-of-terrible-toil-had-deranged-the/) [Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/leonora-carrington-13249_alarming_this-was-most-alarming-what-sort-of-terr_2772835.jpg) > [Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said Walk the second you go there- and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/maybe-happiness-was-just-a-matter-of-the-little-upticks-the-traffic-2/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/ritu-ghatourey-5_happiness_maybe-happiness-was-just-a-matter-of-the_2857553.jpg) > [“Are you afraid of dying?" "I was at first, maybe I still am a little bit. But it's not death that scares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deanna-lynn-sletten/are-you-afraid-of-dying-i-was-at-first-maybe-i-still-am-a-little-bit/) [Deanna Lynn Sletten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deanna-lynn-sletten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/deanna-lynn-sletten-22676_afraid_are-you-afraid-of-dying-i-was-at-first-m_2463209.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dying-maybe/#itemlist", "name": "Dying Maybe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up going to funerals and visiting people in nursing homes. 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