Death Quote by Joan Didion

“His eyes are huge and black. I think about desire. There are flickerings that occur, and we know very little about them. Millimetres of…

— Luke Davies

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

— Victor Hugo

“Lights flicker, flash, dim. I fall into the blackness.”

— Cynthia Sax

“Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies.”

— Neal Shusterman

“Humans had a brightness to them, a glow that only death extinguished.”

— Amy Tintera

“They walked as it were in a black vapour wrought of veritable darkness itself that, as it was breathed, brought blindness not only to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Everything that happens is the last time it happens. We see things only as their own fatal brightness and there is nothing after that…

— Sarah Manguso

“If I had to shut my eyes it wouldn’t have been any darker. We were like astronauts floating in a starless universe.”

— Ransom Riggs

“More like a door being opened a tiny crack to let a sliver of light in. It wasn't enough to see clearly by, but…

— Sarah Dessen

“They were gray, staring, bottomless, blank, fallen eyes whose pupils played scenes of heaven upside down.”

— Walter Kirn

“Like any smart person in my predicament, I made sure the light was pointing right in my eyes when I turned it on. Nothing…

— Mark Tufo

“When it left, death didn't even close our eyes.”

— Roberto Bolaño