Quotes on Death
“Thou know’st ‘tis common, all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” - Hamlet, William Shakespeare
“Agnes's concept of death has, for a long time, taken the form of a single room, lit from within, perhaps in the middle of an expanse of moorland. The living inhabit the room; the dead mill about outside it, pressing their palms and faces and fingertips to the window, desperate to get back, to reach their people. Some inside the room can hear and see those outside; some can speak through the walls; most cannot.” - Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
“Anyone, Eliza is thinking who describes dying as ‘slipping away’ or ‘peaceful’ has never witnessed it happen. Death is violent, death is a struggle. The body clings to life, as ivy to a wall, and will not easily let go, will not surrender its grip without a fight.”- Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
"“He took her hand and when her tired face, pale-lipped, turned towards him, he smiled and nodded. With a sigh of relief, the woman looked back and took a long, shuddering last breath. Thanatos reached forward and closed her eyes gently. As the family realised she was gone and the sons wept, Thanatos released her hands into theirs and the silver spirit of woman rose. ‘Thank you,’ she whispered softly, and he nodded. With two quick movements of his scythe, her spirit disappeared.
It was here that I learned that death was the gentle art of release.” - Hekate, Nikita Gill
“For in books they write they continue to exist. We can rediscover them. Their humour, their tone of voice, their moods. Through the written word they can anger you or make you happy. They can comfort you. They can perplex you. They can alter you. All this, even though they are dead. Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved.” - The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Settlefield