Death Quote by Edward Hirsch

“There was supposed to be grief when someone died, tears and heartfelt eulogies, the cutting pain of loss. Instead, he felt…nothing. Just numbness, an…

— Piper Vaughn

“This was our grief and pain at our deepest. This was our hearts and souls scraped raw. This was desperation so intense I felt…

— Rachel Higginson

“There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it…

— Douglas Kennedy

“Death was surely not an ephemeral interloper; its lasting effect was grating and horrible and one was constantly reminded of the permanence of an…

— Henry H. Roth

“I had met death before, in different forms--I knew quite well the pattern of my grieving. First came shock, and then tears, and then…

— Susanna Kearsley

“We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.”

— Francesca Marciano

“Death was the greatest villain, no matter how it got you; it always had the same outcome. It chewed you up and spit you…

— Holly Hood

“Death was a blessing, so great, so deep that we can fathom it only at those moments, like this one now, when we are…

— Thomas Mann

“The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop we do.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“The fear of death haunted me for a year. I cried whenever anyone dropped a glass or broke a picture. But even then that…

— Nicole Krauss

“The reality of death has come upon us and a consciousness of the power of God has broken our complacency like a bullet in…

— Flannery O'Connor

“The death close before me was terrible, but far more terrible than death was the dread of being misremembered after death”

— Charles Dickens