Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
He had never looked forward to the wisdom and other vaunted benefits of old age. Would he be able to die young—and if possible free of all pain? A graceful death—as a richly patterned kimono, thrown carelessly across a polished table, slides unobtrusively down into the darkness of the floor beneath. A death marked by elegance.
I don't think you should write a book until you tell the absolute truth. You can't do that until you're 85, and I don't want to live that long. I've always prided myself on knowing when to get off, and I hope it works out that way.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age.
I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.
Some are bound to die young. By dying young a person stays young in people's memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his brightness shines for all time.
I keep thinking how young can you die from old age
Many peoples' tombstones should read 'Died at 30, burried at 60.'
Good-bye -- if you hear of my being stood up against a stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease or falling down the cellar stairs.
Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory.
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.
I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an artist, if God should want me to come this Wednesday to the end of my life, so be it.
It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.
I got this feeling I'm gonna die before I get old. I don't know why. I just have this feeling.
You die in the middle of your life.
We must work to reshape the need for our children to want to live so fast even if it means dying too young.
Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.
Don't go to sleep, so many people die there.
Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you.
