Death Quote by Parke Godwin

“Death is funny in that it brings out the best and the worst in people. It casts light on the truth and makes life…

— Allison DuBois

“To the young, indeed, death is sometimes welcome, for the young can feel. They love and suffer, and it wrings them to see their…

— H. Rider Haggard

“You know what's funny about death? I mean other than absolutely nothing at all? You'd think we could remember finding out we weren't immortal.…

— Carrie Fisher

“But I never think about dead people. Looking at these old graves makes me think how generation after generation of the same family are…

— John Berendt

“Our children grow old and elbow us into the grave.”

— Shirley Ann Grau

“I guess that's one good thing about dying young: you're remembered for your purity, vigor and spontaneity. Dying young you're remembered for your youth.”

— Ryan Smithson

“And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I guess that seems like an absurd premise until we consider the possibility that the dead are always with us, beckoning from the shade,…

— James Lee Burke

“Childhood slips away when death settles in.”

— Sahar Delijani

“She loved the cemetery because it was quiet and beautiful. Grown-ups argued so much when they were alive. No one argued when they were…

— Dianna Hardy

“but the young dead stay with us, they color our dreams, they make us wonder about ourselves, that we should be so unlucky, or…

— John Burnside

“When you are on the edge of death you are no longer a child. You understand things you couldn’t even comprehend as an adult.”

— Adrienne Wilder