#death
Explore Books, Authors and Common Highlights on Death
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The forest is a place of mystery and wonder, where life and death intertwine.
From The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook
We shape our own funerals, just as we shape our lives.
From The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch
Death is not the end; it is a beginning.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
From The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus
We have a strange relationship with our dead.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Death is not the end but a transformation.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
The cycle of life and death is the most fundamental aspect of human existence.
From The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Death is the ultimate in the experience of living.
From The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch
Death is not something to be afraid of; it is a part of life.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
You can’t take it with you, but you can leave it behind.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
In the face of death, we find the urgency of life.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
There is no life in the void, only death.
From The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
To die well is to live well.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude.
From One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The ultimate aim of all life is death.
From The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
Caring for the dead is a way of caring for the living.
From The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch
To know how to die is to know how to live.
From The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
The jungle could be both a sanctuary and a grave.
From The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
The dead don't talk, but they do tell a story.
From The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.
From The Stranger by Albert Camus
Understanding death helps us appreciate life.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Humor is a great way to deal with death.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
To me, the most fascinating thing about being a corpse is that you can’t do anything.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach