Apprentice Quote by Susan Kay

“[...] death follows us around for a reason. It's because death is our best adviser. There is nothing more powerful than a person who…

— A.C. Ping

“As for dying we can only assay that once; we are all apprentices when it comes to that”

— Michel de Montaigne

So, preferring death to capture, I accomplished the most astonishing deeds, and which, more then once, showed me that the too great care we…

— Alexandre Dumas

“In the midst of death’s relentless power, I yet among the living stand”

— Mercy Otis Warren

“for I determined that if Death came he should find me ready”

— Bram Stoker

“Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with…

— Ambrose Bierce

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was…

— Anchee Min

Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think…

— Romeo Dallaire

I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities…

— Hermann Hesse

Death is the sanction of everything that the storyteller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.

— Walter Benjamin

“Remember death. Even for those who wield great power, life is brief. There is only one way to triumph over death, and that is…

— Dan Brown

“For knowledge of death makes us wish to extend our lives at the expense of others. And this is the root of the struggle…

— Saul Bellow