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title: "7 Passion Dies Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Passion Dies quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Passion Dies sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/john-boorman-22660_becoming_what-is-passion-it-is-surely-the-becomin_38502.jpg"
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> [What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-is-passion-it-is-surely-the-becoming-of-a-person-are-we-not-for/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/john-boorman-22660_becoming_what-is-passion-it-is-surely-the-becomin_38502.jpg)

> [We are never like angels till our passion dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denham/we-are-never-like-angels-till-our-passion-dies/)

[John Denham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/john-denham-27658_angels_we-are-never-like-angels-till-our-passio_207824.jpg)

> [“BEL-IMPERIA: Oh let me go; for in my troubled eyes Now may'st thou read that life in passion dies. HORATIO: Oh stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-kyd/bel-imperia-oh-let-me-go-for-in-my-troubled-eyes-now-may-st-thou-read/)

[Thomas Kyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-kyd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/thomas-kyd-21382_beauty_bel-imperia-oh-let-me-go-for-in-my-troub_485031.png)

> [We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/we-are-ne-er-like-angels-till-our-passion-dies/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/thomas-dekker-28647_angel_we-are-ne-er-like-angels-till-our-passio_510600.jpg)

> [The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/the-more-extreme-and-the-more-expressed-that-passion-is-the-more/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/john-boorman-22660_denied_the-more-extreme-and-the-more-expressed_788969.jpg)

> [“When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-cohen/when-passion-dies-friendship-hovers-round-our-flesh-like-flies/)

[Leonard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-cohen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/leonard-cohen-448_quote_when-passion-dies-friendship-hovers-roun_1822622.jpg)

> [Mastering an art is like reaching the top of the passion mountain… at the top the passion dies out! So keep learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siddharth-katragadda/mastering-an-art-is-like-reaching-the-top-of-the-passion-mountain-at/)

[Siddharth Katragadda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siddharth-katragadda/)

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