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Each man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. — John Donne

Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else. — Richard Adams

You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one. — Michael Winter

We anticipate Time, and welcome it when birth comes in the door, then we hate Time and curse it, when death exits the door. — Anthony Liccione

But when it comes down to it, we all die alone. — Monica Hesse

There are things far worse than death, for when it comes to us it is final. What lies beyond it is a matter of faith in what we had hope for. — R. Alan Woods

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

One time is much like another to death. She comes when she will. So why give over your mind to worry? — Raymond E. Feist

Most people die twice: first when they give up on life, and finally when Death comes to take what's his. — Ted Dekker

Again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four is punished with death. ("The Plague") — Albert Camus

I'll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is. — Everett Ruess

...when it comes to the issue of life and death I have no authority. Only God can give life and only He has the right to take it away. — Christine Caine

When life comes to an end, we will take nothing with us. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Here it comes. My inevitable death, ignoring me all those years when I wished for it daily, arriving only after I've decided I want to live forever. — Isaac Marion

So long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist — Epicurus

I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong. — Sharyn McCrumb

When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages
hate them to the death. — Joseph Conrad

When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death. — Gary Krist

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground. — Tea Obreht

Life is not a Race to Chase, but we realize it only when Death comes face-to-face.-RVM — R.v.m.

People believe mistakenly, that with death comes atonement, when in reality, life is for atonement and Death is for Judgment. — Thomas Perez

Everybody has an angel hiding inside. When you die, your angel comes out. You can die, but not your angel. Your angel never dies. — Jerry Spinelli

Let the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may be easily dropped when death comes to carry you into another world. — Thomas Boston

Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations.
When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters. — Toba Beta

It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings. — Pietro Metastasio

Life is really fascinated only by death. It vibrates only when it comes in contact with death. — Elie Wiesel

Death comes when memories are lost. — Hiroshi Yamamoto

For us there is little to say. After all, we know that death belongs to life, that it is unavoidable and comes when it wants. — Katie Roiphe

When the time comes for you to die, you need not be afraid, because death cannot separate you from God's love. — Charles Spurgeon

Do now what you wish to have done when your moment comes to die. — St. Angela Merici

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for. — Anne Ellis

The night comes on that knows not morn,
When I shall cease to be all alone,
To live forgotten, and love forlorn. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

When the end comes, I will meet it raging. — George R R Martin

I personally want to "do" death in the active and not the passive, and to be there to look it in the eye and be doing something when it comes for me. — Christopher Hitchens

Death, a necessary end, will come when it comes. — William Shakespeare

Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist. — Steve Forbes

When it comes to death, nature is much more cruel to predators than predators are to their own prey — Elizabeth Lowell

As for dying we can only assay that once; we are all apprentices when it comes to that — Michel De Montaigne

When death comes ... .
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what it's going to be like, that cottage of darkness? — Mary Oliver

Death itself is less painful when it comes upon us unawares than the bare contemplation of it, even when danger is far distant. — Blaise Pascal

Whoever has done good in the main has spirit-energy that is pure and clear when death comes. — Lu Yen-hsun

Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night. — James F. Cooper

When the time comes for you to leave this earth, if it doesn't become a lesser place with your absence, then you have wasted your life. — Shaun Hick

I came alone in this world, I have walked alone in the valley of the shadow of death, and I shall quit alone when the time comes. — Mahatma Gandhi

When the Grim Reaper comes to call, words fail- they're just too small. — Dixie Lyle

Because - dig it - when it comes to death, what can you do but laugh? — Stephen King

That, Kuwei, is the sound that death makes when she comes calling. — Leigh Bardugo

When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die! — Jim Elliot

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment. — Scott Turow

The desire to be loved is really death when it comes to art. — David Cronenberg

When it comes to death, procrastination is encouraged. — D.E. Navarro

Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes. — Robert Jordan

Why comes there an hour when we leave this azure, and why does life continue afterwards? — Victor Hugo

When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend, being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the pheneomenal world really is. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. — George Eliot

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. — Tennessee Williams

We do things hopefully because they add life to our living, but not with the illusion they will help us escape death when our time comes. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247) — Gregory Bassham

When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent. — Mason Cooley

Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city. — Epicurus

Opinion is death. Opinion is plague. When it comes to web site management, trusting your gut is the last thing you should do. — Gerry McGovern

I lose hope when the desire for life awakens within me; but I regain it whenever the longing for death comes upon me. — Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski

The important thing is to make sure that when death comes, it finds us still alive. — Fausto Brizzi

When it comes to love triangles and duels to the death, you should always cheat. - Fairy Werewolf vs. Zombie Vampire — Charlie Jane Anders

When Death comes, I want to be ready. — Chris Smith

I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call. — Roger Zelazny

Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. — Cormac McCarthy