147 Best Death Quotes

Nothing here is vegetarian. – Hannibal Lecter
The human whose name is written in this note shall die. – Ryuk
If you use this, the people you kill will go to Heaven or Hell. That is the rule of the human world that you love so much. – Ryuk
No matter how many people you have on your side, or how strong your convictions may be, dying is just dying. – Ryuk
There is no heaven or hell. No matter what you did while you were alive, everyone goes to the same place once you die. Death is equal. – Ryuk
I'm free. No matter what happens now, I am free. – Erwin Smith
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – Van Hohenheim
When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It’s when they are forgotten. – Dr. Hiriluk
Sorry... I wasn't ever gonna die. – Portgas D. Ace
There is someone that I must meet again. And until that day... not even death itself can take my life away! – Brook
People can die from giving up on living. – Ritsuko Akagi
Death is not something to be feared. It is a natural part of life. – Buddhist Priest
A samurai must always be prepared to die. – Jin
Do not fear death. Fear is the true enemy that resides within. It is the destroyer of hope. – Yamamoto Genryusai
Growing old and dying is the beautiful way to live life. – Kyojuro Rengoku
I won't let your dying wish be in vain. – Tanjiro Kamado
I don't know how I'll feel when I'm dead, but I don't want to regret the way I lived. – Yuji Itadori
Die with no regrets, huh? That's a nice sentiment. But it's not that easy. – Megumi Fushiguro
A jujutsu sorcerer's death must be a proper one. – Masamichi Yaga
The fear of death is what makes us value life. – Julius Novachrono
A man does not die when he should, but when he can. – Kenshin Himura
If you have time to think of a beautiful end, why not live beautifully until the end? – Sakata Gintoki
Now, watch closely. The truth of the world. – The Great Forest Spirit
September 21, 1945... that was the night I died. – Seita
I'll put her bones in the candy tin, the one she loved so much.
Life is but a fleeting dream, and death eternal sleep. – Himuro Gemma
I am a dead man who has returned from the grave. – Himuro Gemma
Life is a curse, and death is a blessing. Isn't that the very principle of this world? – Kushana
Now, the journey is over. I have finally arrived. – Chiyoko Fujiwara
I am going to meet him now. – Chiyoko Fujiwara
My time has come. – Master Oogway
I can't be fixed. But I'm gonna enjoy watching you try. – Héctor
Our memories, they have to be passed down by those who knew us in life. – Héctor
He's being forgotten. When there's no one left in the living world who remembers you, you disappear from this world. We call it the Final Death. – Héctor
Remember me, though I have to say goodbye. – Ernesto de la Cruz
Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death. – Winston Smith
I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "Fuck you." I'm positive, in fact. – Holden Caulfield
And death, as the sole means of reviving love for herself in his heart, of punishing him, and of gaining the victory in that contest which an evil spirit in her heart was waging against him, presented itself clearly and vividly to her.
Oh, lonely death on lonely life! – Ahab
Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest. – Ahab to the sperm whale's head
I leave a white and turbid wake; pale waters, paler cheeks, where'er I sail. The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass. – Ahab
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. – Ahab
He really had been through death, but he had returned because he could not bear the solitude. – Colonel Aureliano Buendía
A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
He was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness. 'Damn it,' he sighed. 'How can a person stand so much glory!'
I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God.
Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.
I’ve never really had much of an imagination. But still I would try to picture the exact moment when the beating of my heart would no longer be going on inside my head.
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