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Jan 29, 2024 · Do not stand. By my grave, and cry—. I am not there, I did not die. 2. There Is No Night Without A Dawning by Helen Steiner Rice. This short poem is a popular choice for funerals because it reminds us that despite the death of someone we cared about, the darkness of our grief will pass.
- “Analysis of death is not for the sake of becoming fearful but to appreciate this precious lifetime.” - Dalai Lama. As a Buddhist (the most senior Buddhist on earth, no less), the Dalai Lama believes in reincarnation.
- “I have now decided that my death should be very precious. I really want to use it. I’d like my death to be as interesting as my life has been, and will be.”
- “It’s part of the privilege of being human that we have our moment when we have to say goodbye.” - Patti Smith. Patti Smith said various eloquent things about death in this 2017 interview with Australian television .
- “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe. The celebrated nineteenth century American abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe is best remembered for her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which highlighted the plight of enslaved African Americans, and was a very influential novel of its time.
May 15, 2018 · Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”. “Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.”. “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”.
Quotes About Death from Other Poets. "Be near me when my light is low... And all the wheels of being slow. — Alfred Lord Tennyson. "Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality." — Emily Dickinson.
Feb 10, 2017 · “Lady Lazarus,” Sylvia Plath. The sounds alone are enough to keep me alive, the language pulling away from meaning like flesh from bone (“Soon, soon the flesh/ The grave cave ate will be/ At home on me // And I a smiling woman.”), but aside from that I love how Plath takes death—her own death—and turns it into a weapon, and a triumph.
Feb 10, 2024 · Here are 50+ literary quotes about death from various authors and works: “To die will be an awfully big adventure.”. – J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan. “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”. – Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie. “Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”. – George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones.
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Feb 23, 2022 · Sonnet 18. As one of the most famous writers of all time, it's no surprise William Shakespeare penned one of the most famous poems about death. In Sonnet 18 he writes, "Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade." The basic sentiment of the poem is that the subject of the poem can never truly die because he will live on forever in the ...
