Death and dying Quote by Ryan Graudin

“Forget the past, let the dead bury the dead. Things were working out fine, and that was the only thing he had to remember.”

— Robert Bloch

“I thought maybe we mourned not only for the dead but also for the living. We felt their absence before we knew for sure…

— Vaddey Ratner

“... he had understood that memory was a place, a real place that one could visit, and that to spend a few moments among…

— Paul Auster

“And the fact was that he remembered once thinking that he was fine with dying anywhere at any time… but now, gazing at each…

— Yukako Kabei

“I won’t forget you, she said silently to the dead. It seemed so pitiful a thing to say—so small and futile. And yet the…

— Diana Gabaldon

“Remembering is the only way to defeat the death.”

— David Albahari

“She died, and left to me This heath, this calm and quiet scene, The memory of what has been, And never more will be.”

— William Wordsworth

“Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be a release, a rest for the weary.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Isn't it strange? It's like after they die, you're only allowed to remember the good. But no one's all good.”

— Victoria Schwab

“The fact that he was dead hadn’t worried her. After all, she had grown up surrounded by the dead. She knew it was not…

— Gemma Holden

“At least I’ll have left something to be remembered by. As well as my corpse, of course.”

— Jack Croxall

“And unless one can observe the guilt and regret of the mourners, surely there is nothing satisfactory about being dead?”

— Truman Capote