Life Quote by Rohinton Mistry

“He’s telling you that living things don’t last—it’s all temporary. Death in life.”

— Donna Tartt

“That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried in my heart all my life.”

— Susan Sontag

“The belief in death leads meditating about life; meanwhile, the belief in life leads you thinking about death.”

— Sorin Cerin

“I’m pretty sure he did not believe in God or an afterlife, but he had to believe that there is an immortality in living…

— Daniel Radosh

“In fact, until the last moments of his life, until the last seconds as he gasped for breath, he never realised how much he…

— Stephen Craig

“Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“His life was focused on each single day. For him each night meant a void, a grave, extinction. The capacity to lay oneself down…

— Robert Musil

“Back then, living hadn't had any meaning. Every so often, without any warning or any real reason, he'd even caught himself thinking, 'Maybe I'll…

— Yukako Kabei

“...for he had learned from others of their kind that death seemed to bring small comfort from the worrisome sphere of life…”

— Neal Barrett Jr

“...men lived and died all the time by the peculiarities of their soul, which they could never expect one another to understand.”

— Charles Finch

“That was the treachery of suffering. It took you to the point from which you thought death must follow, then let you know it…

— Glen Duncan

“Those who have not lived cannot meditate on the mysteries of life.”

— Anthony Ryan