Death Quote by Emily Dickinson

“It was not death, for I stood up, And all the dead lie down; It was not night, for all the bells Put out…

— Emily Dickinson

“We stood-- the dead child and the living --on either side of my father, both wanting the same thing. To have him to ourselves…

— Alice Sebold

...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I…

— Jim Butcher

The stars of death stood over us. And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed under the crunch of bloodstained boots, under the wheels of Black Marias.

— Anna Akhmatova

“Death stood alone, watching the wheat dance in the wind. Of course, it was only a metaphor. People were more than corn. They whirled…

— Terry Pratchett

“When death stood round the corner, taking lives like a gardener digging up potatoes, it was foolishness to care what dirty things this person…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Pain and guilt tore through him. His soul was bleeding to death. He stood there, waiting to die. How could he not? But such…

— Diana Pharaoh Francis

“Ah, well, yes, you see, one of the things that makes folks even more jolly is knowing there’re people who ain’t,’ said Albert, in…

— Terry Pratchett

“It was one thing to live in a world where death stood a distant figure, quite another to hold it in your hands.”

— David Wroblewski

“Death was his little sister one morning when he awoke at the age of seven, looked into her crib, and saw her staring up…

— Ray Bradbury

“It was not Death that stood before me but only Vernon Dickey, my father-in-law.”

— Don DeLillo

“She knew where she stood, when she stood among books.”

— M.R. Graham