Birth and death Quote by William Faulkner

“death is not the total dissolution or our identity but the way to its fullest revelation.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

“we were alive, together, and conscious, aware of our own mortality, but thrilled by the fact of our own ridiculous existence.”

— Mark Kermode

“The pure beauty of death is impossible to describe as the birth of a child, the betrayal of a lover, the moment of orgasm ”

— Heidi Postlewait

“That was what life was: a process of destruction, a disintegration from what at the outset was perfect. The only suspense involved was whether…

— Jo Nesbø

“You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement, and to possess a large room for yourself embracing…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Death, however clearly foretold, still came unexpectedly.”

— Daniel Abraham

“I sank down on the bench, stupefied, stunned by this profusion of beings without origin: everywhere blossomings, hatchings out, my ears buzzed with existence,…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“Life turns, and returns death. Where death digs its claws into the grave only to pull out life, as a baby from a womb;…

— Anthony Liccione

“For who would lose, though full of pain, this intellectual being, those thoughts that wander through eternity to perish rather, swallowed up and lost…

— John Milton

“Impending death had a way of unexpectedly unearthing the past so that it came together with the present in an unholy coupling.”

— Abraham Verghese

“In all things I saw the passion of life for growth and greatness, the drama of everlasting creation. I came to think of myself,…

— Will Durant

“What a turnout of events, at the beginning of life was the end of another, at the highest point of joy was the beginning…

— Birks Kalulu