All Quotes By Tag: Death

“…do you actually think that how long a person grieves is a measure of how much they loved someone?”

“The dead man is on the trolley and the woman collapses across his chest. That’s what the ghouls want a shufti at, like at that Princess Diana’s funeral, they want to scrutinise those who really knew her, to drink the misery out of their faces.”

“Fear leads to death as the window to the courtyard. Jump!”

“Love is bitter, death is sweet.”

“That’s what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to.”

“He said, “Were he only like his sister—what a difference that would make! For there never was such a sweet and gentle lady! I hear her footsteps, as she goes about the world. I hear the swish-swish-swish of her silken gown and the jingle-jangle of the silver chain about her neck. Her smile is full of comfort and her eyes are kind and happy! How I long to see her!” “Who, sir?” asked Paramore, puzzled. “Why, his sister, John. His sister.”

“When it’s my time, and the reaper calls my name, there will be no stink of fear on me, and my only wish will be to die with grace, covered in the blood of my enemies.”

“Death is a part of Life, they are dancing together the dance of infinity in front of the gates of Time. We can live our dreams as we are dreaming our future. Time is the Endless Consciousness”

“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”

“Hell, I don’t want to grow old at all. I never want to die.”

“It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for free.”

“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”

“Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used.”

“When you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you’ve done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?”

“In any case, this is how all our stories begin, in darkness with our eyes closed, and all our stories end the same way, too, with all of us uttering some last words—or perhaps someone else’s—before slipping back into darkness as our series of unfortunate events comes to an end.”