Dying Quotes

3128 Dying quotes by 1926 unique authors

Now the gardener is the one who has seen everything ruined so many times that (even as his pain increases with each loss) he comprehends… — Henry Mitchell
Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death. — Alan Watts
Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession. — William Shakespeare
Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce… — Eugene Kennedy
Then again, if the plant is slow growing, and you are getting older, you may want to start with a larger plant. I find myself… — Unknown Author
Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days. — Philip Whalen
Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead. — William Blake
I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever. — Edward Abbey
A ruin is not just something that happened long ago to someone else; its history is that of us all, the transience of power, of… — George Schaller
We must endure our thoughts all night, until the bright obvious stands motionless in the cold. — Wallace Stevens
Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes,… — John Evelyn
Nothing is right and nothing is just; We sow in ashes and reap in dust. — Violet Fane
Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no death - no… — Unknown Author
There are no secrets.It's just we thought that they said dead. When they said bread. — John Cage
Everything ends with flowers. — Helene Cixous
In the garden the door is always open into the "holy" - growth, birth, death. Every flower holds the whole mystery in its short cycle,… — May Sarton
If a healthy soil is full of death, it is also full of life: worms, fungi, microorganisms of all kinds ... Given only the health… — Wendell Berry
For we must bear in mind that the greater number of garden pictures known to us are taken from tombs. — Marie-Luise Gothein
How astonishingly does the chance of leaving the world improve a sense of its natural beauties upon us. Like poor Falstaff, although I do not… — John Keats
The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct. — Marcus Aurelius
Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done. — John Milton
I'll sleep well tonight — Henry Ford
Wherever humans garden magnificently, there are magnificent heartbreaks. — Henry Mitchell
Important thing is not the me that's lying here, but the me that's sitting on the edge of the bed looking back at me, and… — Ray Bradbury
The process of dying begins with the dissolution of the elements within the body. It has eight stages, beginning with the dissolution of the earth… — Dalai Lama

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