““Thinking and talking about death need not be morbid; they may be quite the opposite. Ignorance and fear of death overshadow life, while knowing and accepting death erases this shadow.” — Lily Pincus”

““Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives we nurture death.” — Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood”

““It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

““The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and the other begins?” — Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial”

““Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” — Leo Buscaglia”

““To die will be an awfully big adventure.” — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan”

““I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” — Mark Twain”

““It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: Second Series”

““To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

““Dying is a wild night and a new road.” — Emily Dickinson”

““Death is the dropping of the flower that the fruit may swell.” — Henry Ward Beecher”

““I have come to know that it is an important thing to keep in mind, not to complain or to make melancholy, but simply because only with the honest knowledge that one day I will die I can ever truly begin to live.” — R.A. Salvatore, The Halfling’s Gem”

““When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry”

““I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.” — Horace”

““Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” — Martin Luther”

““Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” — Sarah Louise Delany”

““The trouble is, you think you have time.” — Buddha”

““Life is too short to wake up with regrets.” — Unknown”

““Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly, and forgive quickly.” — Paulo Coelho”

““You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West”

““Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself.” — Unknown”

““Time flies. It is up to you to be the navigator.” — Robert Orben”

““Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson”

““We are here for a short time. Do not hurry. Do not worry. Be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” — Walter Hagen”

““Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” — Muhammad Ali”

““Life is too short to be little.” — Benjamin Disraeli”

““Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” — John Lennon”

““It is not length of life, but depth of life.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson”

““Life is short and the world is wide.” — Simon Raven”

““Your time is limited. Do not waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs”

““Never. We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.” — Paulo Coelho, Aleph”

““Those we love never truly leave us. There are things that death cannot touch.” — Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”

““There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone, the light remains.” — Unknown”

““The dead never truly die. They simply change form.” — Suzy Kassem”

““Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II”

““What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller”

““Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality.” — Emily Dickinson”

““Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” — Eskimo Proverb”

““Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.” — Irish Proverb”

““When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” — Unknown”

““You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” — 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”

““Grief is not a disorder, a disease, or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical, and spiritual necessity. The price you pay for love.” — Earl Grollman”

““Life asked death, why do people love me but hate you? Death responded, because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” — Unknown”

““To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” — Thomas Campbell”

““If we really believe what we say we believe, why should we not look forward to the arrival? There are only three things we can do about death: to desire it, to fear it, or to ignore it.” — C.S. Lewis”

““Acceptance of death is not giving up. It is choosing to live what is left with all you have.” — Unknown”

““Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” — Unknown”

““When you lose someone you love, you gain an angel you know.” — Unknown”

““The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross”

““Give yourself permission to grieve. Then give yourself permission to heal.” — Unknown”

““Death is not extinguishing the light. It is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” — Rabindranath Tagore”

““Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller”

““Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your grief is proof that you have loved.” — Unknown”

““Moving on doesn’t mean you forget about things. It just means you have to accept what happened and continue living.” — Unknown”

““When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.” — Mary Oliver, When Death Comes”

““Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver, The Summer Day”

““When death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?” — Mary Oliver, When Death Comes”

““To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” — J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

““The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative.” — Hermann Hesse”

““A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain”

““Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It is the transition that is troublesome.” — Isaac Asimov”

““No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share.” — Steve Jobs”

““It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.” — Samuel Johnson”

““The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain”

““Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.” — Buddha”

““We are all just visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love. And then we return home.” — Australian Aboriginal Proverb”

““Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” — Rossiter W. Raymond”

““To live deeply, to love greatly, and to leave something of worth behind — that is a life well lived.” — Unknown”

““Fill your life with love and kindness, compassion and affection, and everything good. Enjoy the wonder and magic of it all so when it is your time to look back, that is what you will see.” — Unknown”

““Life is too short to be anything but happy.” — Unknown”

““Stop worrying about what can go wrong, and get excited about what can go right.” — Unknown”

““Life is too short to wait.” — Unknown”

““Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.” — Benjamin Franklin”

““Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly right moment arrives to start doing what you love.” — Unknown”

““Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” — Mark Twain”

““Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment.” — W. Beran Wolfe”

““The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” — Eleanor Roosevelt”

““In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost”

““Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats”

““Life is too short to spend it with people who suck the happiness out of you.” — Unknown”

““You have exactly one life in which to do everything you will ever do. Act accordingly.” — Colin Wright”

““Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” — Elbert Hubbard”

““Life is too short to be unhappy. Be bold. Be free. Be you.” — Unknown”

““The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey”