Quote by Steven Galloway

“In America, my initial impression was that death or the possibility of it always seemed to come as a surprise, as if we took…

— Abraham Verghese

“There is always something pleasantly exciting about death—when it is reasonably far away from you.”

— Einar H. Kvaran

“There’s always a series of events that lead up to that one moment where all is lost.”

— Maya Banks

“His mortality was suddenly everywhere at once.”

— Hugh Howey

“Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how.”

— Ann VanderMeer

“And every moment in the world drops dead just then, because they woke up and realized they'd never be as important as this one.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“I’ve always been under the assumption that death is a one-time, encompassing event.” “Why would you ever think that?”

— Grace Draven

“Even from just a little thing, it's still possible to die.”

— CLAMP

“People were always providing in death what they would not do in life, it seemed.”

— Kerri Maniscalco

“The moments that change your life are the ones that happen suddenly, like the one where you die.”

— Terry Pratchett

“But, as I say, I was too full of excitement and (a true saying, though those who have never known danger may doubt it)…

— H.G. Wells

“People die all the time for all different kinds of reasons. I wouldn’t worry if I were you.”

— Joseph Fink