William De Morgan Quotes

Death doesn't frighten me, it bothers me. It bothers me for example that someone can be there tomorrow but me I am no longer there. What bothers me is no longer being alive, not being dead.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Death is a false fear. When it is here, you won't be. When it's not, you are here.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

Afterlife, in my mind, is pretty much nothing. This is it. This is what we get, for me.

If you haven't understood that if you are born you die, you scarcely deserve to be able to be alive.

One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true.

Part of being alive is dying as well.

We are all born and someday we'll all die. Most likely to some degree alone. Our aloneness in this world is, maybe not anymore, a thing to mourn.

Death is an absolute marvel.

We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse.

The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.

I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases.

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

I know all human beings will be successful. How do I know? They all die.

Life will end in death and unhappiness, but we do it anyway.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.

The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.

I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.

Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.