82 Death Quotes that will Comfort

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Last Updated: May 7, 2021

A sad fact is that with life comes death. It will

happen to all of us. But that doesn’t make
dealing with or understanding it any easier.

The devastation that the death of a friend or

loved one causes is profound. And facing up to
our mortality can be distressing too.

So looking for a way to cope or help with the

loss of someone is natural. We seek ways to
make tough times that bit easier, as well as
some understanding.

That’s why we’ve brought together a selection

of the most comforting, inspirational and sad
death quotes. These quotes about death can
help us to find some peace and solace when a
loved one had passed away, bringing closure
when we so desperately need it.

And as dying has and continues to be a source

of inspiration to art, literature and music, as
well as talked about by some of the most
famous people, there are many quotes about
passing away. Hopefully they will either help
ease the hurt and grief or find some comfort
in knowing others have been through and felt
the same emotions.

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So use the death quotes and sayings you will

find below to remember, grieve, recover and
reassure.

Table of Contents

Short
Sad
Inspirational
Life and Death
Comforting
Deep
Funny

Short Death Quotes

These are some very simple and short quotes
on death that quickly sum up the deep and
long lasting impact it has on people.

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“Death may be the greatest of all human

blessings” – Socrates

“How people die remains in the memory of

those who live on” – Dame Cicely Saunders

“Our dead are never dead to us, until we

have forgotten them” – George Eliot

“It is natural to die as to be born” – Francis

Bacon
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“Death is the wish of some, the relief of

many, and the end of all” – Lucius Annaeus
Seneca

“No one can confidently say that he will

still be living tomorrow” – Euripides

“Death, they say, acquits us of all

obligations” – Michel Eyquem de
Montaigne

“The goal of all life is death” – Sigmund

Freud

“After your death you will be what you were

before your birth” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“No one here gets out alive” – Jim Morrison

“Nothing in life is promised except death” –

Kanye West

“I want to be all used up when I die” –

George Bernard Shaw
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Sad Death Quotes

Death almost always brings about
unhappiness and despair for those who have
lost someone. These quotes reflect that
sadness and the pain death brings to those it
affects.

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“And we wept that one so lovely should

have a life so brief” – William Cullen Bryant

“Grief is the price we pay for love” – Queen

Elizabeth II

“They say you die twice. One time when you

stop breathing and a second time, a bit later
on, when somebody says your name for the
last time” – Banksy

“After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born,

we live a little while, we die” – E.B. White

“Man alone chimes the hour. And, because

of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear
that no other creature endures. A fear of time
running out” – Mitch Albom

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for

words left unsaid and deeds left undone” –
Harriet Beecher-Stowe
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“We will all, someday, experience death, and

become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a
tree, crushed by passers-by to ashes
underlying the earth” – Kim Elizabeth

“The loss of a friend is like that of a limb;

time may heal the anguish of the wound, but
the loss cannot be repaired” – Robert Southey

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,

love leaves a memory no one can steal” –
Unknown

“Those we love don’t go away, they walk

beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but
always near, still loved, still missed and very
dear” – Unknown

“Only a moment you stayed, but what an

imprint your footprints have left in our hearts”
– Dorothy Ferguson

“A friend who dies, it’s something of you

who dies” – Gustave Flaubert
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“Many people die at twenty five and aren’t

buried until they are seventy five” – Benjamin
Franklin

Inspirational Death
Quotes
Even after a friend or loved one has passed
away we can find ways to stay positive and be
inspired by the life they lead. Use these
inspirational death quotes to focus on the
good times and remembering that life goes
on.

inspirational death quote chuck palahniuk

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“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the

goal is to create something that will” – Chuck
Palahniuk

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he

lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it
lasts so short a time” – Samuel Johnson

“Death is no more than passing from one

room into another. But there’s a difference for
me, you know. Because in that other room I
shall be able to see” – Helen Keller

“Death is something inevitable. When a man

has done what he considers to be his duty to
his people and his country, he can rest in
peace” – Nelson Mandela
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“Remembering that you are going to die is

the best way I know to avoid the trap of
thinking you have something to lose” – Steve
Jobs

“The truth I have been seeking – this truth

is Death. Yet Death is also a seeker. Forever
seeking me. So – we have met at last. And I
am prepared. I am at peace” – Bruce Lee

“To die will be an awfully big adventure” –

J.M. Barrie

“I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not

death, that has no limits” – Gabriel García
Márquez

“Our death is not an end if we can live on in

our children and the younger generation. For
they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves
on the tree of life” – Albert Einstein
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“I would rather die a meaningful death than

to live a meaningless life” – Corazon Aquino

“Death never takes a wise man by surprise;

he is always ready to go” – Jean de la Fontaine

“Dying is a troublesome business: there is

pain to be suffered, and it wrings one’s heart;
but death is a splendid thing – a warfare
accomplished, a beginning all over again, a
triumph. You can always see that in their
faces” – George Bernard Shaw

“You will lose someone you can’t live

without, and your heart will be badly broken,
and the bad news is that you never completely
get over the loss of your beloved. But this is
also the good news. They live forever in your
broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And
you come through. It’s like having a broken leg
that never heals perfectly – that still hurts
when the weather gets cold, but you learn to
dance with the limp” – Anne Lamott
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“There are far, far better things ahead than

any we leave behind” – C.S. Lewis

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the

soft brown earth, with the grasses waving
above one’s head, and listen to silence. To
have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget
time, to forget life, to be at peace” – Oscar
Wilde

Life and Death Sayings

and Quotes
Life and death go hand-in-hand. You can’t
have one without the other. These quotes and
sayings look at the relationship between both
and the impact they have on another.

carson McCullers life and death quote

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“How can the dead be truly dead when they

still live in the souls of those who are left
behind?” – Carson McCullers