Thought-provoking quotes to help you accept the inevitability of death.

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Death is inevitable for every living being ever to have been born. However, being aware of this fact does not make it any easier for people to accept it. In fact, the fear of the finality of death is a serious matter that often jeopardizes the lives of many. While death is certain, the time of death is unknown for every individual; even though modern medical advances have increased the average life span of people by a great deal, untimely death by accident or deadly diseases is still very common. Whereas this uncertainly makes some question the very significance of life, for others, the fear of death is the greatest catalyst to help them live life to the full. The notion of death has troubled the greatest thinkers across history for millennia. Here we have collected some of their thought-provoking quotes to help you accept the inevitability of death.

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare

Death is a fearful thing.
William Shakespeare

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Mark Twain

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
William Shakespeare

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
William Shakespeare

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
J. K. Rowling

The valiant never taste of death but once.

The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare

Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.

Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
Langston Hughes

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
Mark Twain

And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!

And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!
William Shakespeare

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
J. K. Rowling

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.
Suzanne Collins

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
Rumi

You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face

You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face
Ian Fleming

And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.

And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.
Charles Dickens

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
Henry Van Dyke

Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.

Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.
Edgar Allan Poe

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.
J. K. Rowling

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
David Byrne

Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow;
Best, while you have it, use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow; Best, while you have it, use your breath; There is no drinking after death.
Ben Jonson

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
Haruki Murakami

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.
Sue Monk Kidd

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
Helen Keller

To die, to sleep -
To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub,
For in this sleep of death what dreams may come...

To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come...
William Shakespeare

Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.

Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.
Charles Bukowski

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.
Johnny Cash

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.
Tupac Shakur

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Isaac Asimov

I'm completely in favor of the
separation of Church and State.
... These two institutions screw us up enough
on their own, so both of them together is
certain death.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
George Carlin