"For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.~ Johnny Carson
Death is birthing into another realm. ~ Therese Schroeder-Sheker
I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below. ~ Brigitte Bardot
I have lost friends, some by death--others by sheer inability to cross the street. ~ Virginia Woolf
He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies.~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment. ~ George Orwell
Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is. ~ Norman Cousins
If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise--you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind. ~ Dalai Lama
A civilization that denies death ends by denying life. ~ Octavio Paz
The way you get through tragedy is to look at the good things in life. ~ Rudolph Giuliani
How do I know that love of life is not a delusion after all? How do I know but that he who dreads death is not as a child who has lost his way and does not know his way home? ~ Chuang Tzu