Paulo Coelho Quotes

When my brother passed away... I made a decision that I might die soon, and if I die, I want people to know who I really am.

I've had a wonderful life. What people are going to write about me 10 years after I'm dead - who cares?

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.

I like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.

I kept thinking how they were all names of dead people, and how names are basically the only thing dead people keep.

When I die, I want it to say 'Short and Funny' on my tombstone.

It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.

I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'.

I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

I want to be remembered.

I would just like to be remembered.

The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.

When I'm dead are they going to remember me ? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares ? I don't.

I often thought my gravestone would say, 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out,'

Men always want to be remembered whereas women realize that requires being dead.

This was real. And it was me. I had lived that life, and I had died that death. I was staring at the very end of me.

When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like." I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.

Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest.

In my mind my obituary is done.It is done and it is right. It tells the truth and as awful as it can be, the truth is what matters. It is what I should be remembered by, if I'm remembered at all. Remember the truth. that is all that matters

Once you're dead, you're made for life.

Only the forgotten are truly dead.

[Suggesting an epitaph for herself:] This is on me.

This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.

When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.