Death Quote by Roland Barthes

“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

“Yet the presence of death always refreshes experience thus--that is its function: to help us deliberate on the novelty of time.”

— Lawrence Durrell

“The living mourn the dead for a time but they forget about them as days pass. The living are so selfish, so spoilt, so…

— Natsuo Kirino

“They understood that the meaning of life is connected, inextricably, to the meaning of death; that mourning is a romance in reverse, and if…

— Thomas Lynch

“Death, like life, finds meaning in our connections to each other. Grief is bearable only because it can be shared.”

— Mark Russell

“There's no such thing as simple mourning for anyone, really, except that as writers our grief becomes woven into the fabric of our work…

— Edwidge Danticat

“Few stories start with death. Often, it starts with grief.”

— Rin Chupeco

“The sadness of death lies in the fact that it cannot be reversed. Cherish the world of the living whilst you have it, for…

— Sulari Gentill

“… mourning is a paradoxical process in which a person must affirm precisely those orphaned desires that are most unrealistic and impossible to fulfill…

— Sandra Buechler

“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

“There are people whose death leaves you with an ache of grief. A slight sting. And then there are people whose death stops time.…

— Patricia Amaro

“Death, is a beautiful conclusion to these short stories, that which we have so interestingly entitled, lives.”

— Kiar