James Stephens Quotes

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

Death is an absolute marvel.

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.

Among all the vicissitudes of life, which vary in each individual's experience, there is one event which sooner or later comes to everyone - Death!

Birth was the death of him.

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Everyone is going to die.

We're all going to die.

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

The goal of all life is death.

I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death.

Life and death. At some point we're gonna leave this world. Do I know when? Absolutely not.

I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

But death's acquisitive instincts will win.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament.

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.