Died Quotes
2517 Died quotes by 1765 unique authors
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They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and…
— Arundhati Roy
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What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful and brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. The…
— Erich Segal
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The twentieth century ended with its dreams in ruins. The notion of the community as a voluntary association of enlightened citizens has died forever. We…
— J. G. Ballard
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I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the endless…
— Banana Yoshimoto
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It is not that God's help and presence must still be proved in our life; rather God's presence and help have been demonstrated for us…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicle with four wheels, something like a hay-wagon. She did not giggle…
— Stephen King
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And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger.…
— James Clavell
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The pain was so deep and so raw. There were days I would have died just to forget. The problem was, I couldn't figure out…
— Ted Dekker
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Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they?" said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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He might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died, but I mustn't get my hopes up.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with…
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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How often the priest had heard the same confession--Man was so limited: he hadn't even the ingenuity to invent a new vice: the animals knew…
— Graham Greene
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Two years ago your father died, Ulysses. But as long as we are alive, as long as we are together, as long as two of…
— William Saroyan
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All of the sudden," he said, "I feel different-- not like I ever felt before. Even when Papa died I didn't feel this way. In…
— William Saroyan
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Damien has died and gone straight to gay boy heaven,' Shaunee said...
— P. C. Cast
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But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail. The Iron Crab…
— Ian Fleming
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And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his…
— John Steinbeck
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Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make…
— Jane Yolen
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Or perhaps a widow found him and took him in: brought him an easy chair, changed his sweater every morning, shaved his face until the…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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Suddenly Yankel was overcome with a fear of dying, stronger than he felt when his parents passed of natural causes, stronger than when his only…
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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THE DEATH OF LEOPOLD GURSKY Leopold Gursky started dying on August 18, 1920. He died learning to walk. He died standing at the blackboard. And…
— Nicole Krauss
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Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.
— Albert Camus
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She died--this was the way she died; And when her breath was done, Took up her simple wardrobe And started for the sun. Her little…
— Emily Dickinson
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It was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died.
— Cynthia Leitich Smith
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You searched through all my poets, From Sappho through to Auden, I saw the book fall from your hands, As you slowly died of boredom.
— Nick Cave
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