Quote by Tennessee Williams

“Perhaps the only thing we might legitimately lament in an old man’s death would be his failure to have used his time well.”

— Shawn Davis

“Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his…

— Mitch Albom

“His will to live was waning, and it made him almost transparent, as though rather than dying, he might just disappear one day, leaving…

— Ian Morgan Cron

“Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would not be…

— Mitch Albom

“...they would have all the same stressors still in place, and they would have no means of lessening them, because, their will, if they…

— Norah Vincent

“I'd rather live long in obscurity than die young with fame.”

— Rick DeStefanis

“The best of men cannot defend their fate: the good die early, the bad die late.”

— Daniel Defoe

“Nothing ever truly faded. Time only dulled the edges.”

— Karin Slaughter

“None of his colleagues or friends, or former colleagues or former friends, had died. Sometimes it amazed him that he’d managed to live forty-two…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“There is no fairness in Death.”

— Rick Riordan

“He has been dying for a very, very, very long time, and his span came to an end as all eras must.”

— Frances Hardinge

“It would mark the end of a year that he might look back on as hands, a pivot between two lines. Or not: maybe…

— Nicole Krauss