--- title: "8 People who are dying Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 People who are dying quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best People who are dying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/chuck-palahniuk-37_bunch_there-is-a-social-contract-in-fight-club_213388.jpg" --- > [There is a social contract in "Fight Club" and in "Choke" where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/there-is-a-social-contract-in-fight-club-and-in-choke-where-the/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/chuck-palahniuk-37_bunch_there-is-a-social-contract-in-fight-club_213388.jpg) > [If you attempt to talk with a dying man about sports or business, he is no longer interested. He now sees other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-law/if-you-attempt-to-talk-with-a-dying-man-about-sports-or-business-he/) [William Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-law/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/william-law-8390_another-world_if-you-attempt-to-talk-with-a-dying-man_464060.png) > [So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in ideas that we don't even notice how monstrous it is to deny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-lessig/so-uncritically-do-we-accept-the-idea-of-property-in-ideas-that-we/) [Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-lessig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/lawrence-lessig-3201_accepting_so-uncritically-do-we-accept-the-idea-of_1648255.jpg) > [You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democracy-to-work-with-an-illiterate/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/indira-gandhi-1113_democracy_you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democrac_1720188.jpg) > [If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-o-barr/if-the-people-we-love-are-stolen-from-us-the-way-to-have-them-live-on-2/) [James O'Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-o-barr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/james-o-barr-26612_bereavement_if-the-people-we-love-are-stolen-from-us_2189403.png) > [No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/no-one-wants-to-die-even-people-who-want-to-go-to-heaven-don-t-want-4/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/steve-jobs-307_beautiful-death_no-one-wants-to-die-even-people-who-want_3030659.jpg) > [To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/to-die-proudly-when-it-is-no-longer-possible-to-live-proudly-death-of/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/friedrich-nietzsche-15_atheism_to-die-proudly-when-it-is-no-longer-poss_3128731.jpg) > [I'm not about to put up a silly skit and preach a 15-minute message on 'how to cope' to a multitude of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wilkerson/i-m-not-about-to-put-up-a-silly-skit-and-preach-a-15-minute-message/) [David Wilkerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wilkerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/david-wilkerson-3994_dying_i-m-not-about-to-put-up-a-silly-skit-and_3168752.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people-who-are-dying/#itemlist", "name": "People who are dying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a social contract in \"Fight Club\" and in \"Choke\" where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. 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