W Quotes
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“When death came for her, it was bittersweet.
But nothing hurt anymore.”
Source: For Whom the Belle Tolls
“When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)”
“When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.' Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry. Yes. I like that a lot.”
Source: The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition
“When death comes for me, I will not regret having built a life of meaning. Will I miss it? I hope so. Will I fight to stay? I know I will. Because if you're not going to miss it, then it was no life at all.”
Source: The Haunting of Grosvenor House
“when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.”
Source: New and selected poems
“When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.”
“When Death Comes
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering:
what is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness?
And therefore I look upon everything
as a brotherhood and a sisterhood,
and I look upon time as no more than an idea,
and I consider eternity as another possibility,
and I think of each life as a flower, as common
as a field daisy, and as singular,
and each name a comfortable music in the mouth,
tending, as all music does, toward silence,
and each body a lion of courage, and something
precious to the earth.
When it's over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.
I don't want to end up simply having visited this world”
Source: New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death.”
“When death comes, it's just like winter. We don't say, "There ought not to be winter." That the winter season, when the leaves fall and the snow comes, is some kind of defeat, something which we should hold out against. No. Winter is part of the natural course of events. No winter, no summer. No cold, no heat.”
“When death comes, we take off our clothes and gather everything we left behind: what is dark, broken, touched with shame. When Death demands we give an accounting, naked we present our lives in bundles. See how much these weigh, we tell him, refusing to deny what we have lived. Everything that is touched by light loves the light. We the stubborn-as-grass, we who reel at the taste of sap and want our spirits cleansed, will not betray the weeds, snake, or crippled mare. Never leave behind what the light shone on.”
Source: Sacraments of Desire
“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? And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility, and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular, and each name a comfortable music in the mouth, tending, as all music does, toward silence, and each body as a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth. [from the poem "When Death Comes"]”
“When Death doth close his tender dying eyes.”
Source: King Henry the Sixth: Parts I, II, and III
“When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend, being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the pheneomenal world really is.”
“When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.”
“When Death has a story to tell; you listen.”
Source: The Book Thief
“When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.”
“When Death hath poured oblivion through my veins,
And brought me home, as all are brought, to lie
In that vast house, common to serfs and Thanes,
I shall not die, I shall not utterly die,
For beauty born of beauty-- that remains.”
Source: Myth and Romance
“When death is about to happen
does the body grow heavier, or lighter?”
Source: A Thousand Mornings: Poems
“When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“When Death laughs, no one else does”
Source: The Orchard of Hope
“When death occurs, death as you know it, the universe embraces you and takes you to its heart.”
Source: A Matter of Life and Death: Remarkable True Stories of Hope and Healing
“When Death, or adverse Fortune's ruthless gale,
Tears our best hopes away, the wounded Heart
Exhausted, leans on all that can impart
The charm of Sympathy; her mutual wail
How soothing! never can her warm tears fail
To balm our bleeding grief's severest smart;
Nor wholly vain feign'd Pity's solemn art,
Tho' we should penetrate her sable veil.
Concern, e'en known to be assum'd, our pains
Respecting, kinder welcome far acquires
Than cold Neglect, or Mirth that Grief profanes.
Thus each faint Glow-worm of the Night conspires,
Gleaming along the moss'd and darken'd lanes,
To cheer the Gloom with her unreal fires.”
Source: Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace
“When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell, If we were Wax, or Tallow by the smell.”
“When death settles in, it evicts the soul and devours the flesh, and reduces a whole life to nothing but dry bones and a mere smudge of bio matter.”
Source: Splintered Silence
“When death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity, and love, to walk the world and bless it. Of every tear that sorrowing mortals shed on such green graves, some good is born, some gentler nature comes.”
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop: And Reprinted Pieces
“When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.”
Source: For One More Day
“When Death to either shall come - I pray it be first to me.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges
“When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.”
Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“When debtors once have borrowed all we have to lend, they are very apt to grow shy of their creditors' company.”
Source: Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840
“When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.”
“When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code.”
“When December comes, you say you wish the holidays were already over and done with and well behind us, and I think you pretend to hate happiness in order to make yourself believe that, if your life seems an unhappy one, at least you’re the one who chose it. As if you wanted to pretend you had some control over your own unhappiness. As if you wanted to give the impression that, if your life was too hard, you wanted it that way, out of disgust with pleasure, out of a loathing for joy.”
Source: Qui a tué mon père
“When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.”
“When deception cuts this deep someone has to pay. My father's chance to bring justice to the truly guilty was stolen from him. His only option was to forgive. I have others. They say vengence is a dish best served cold but, sometimes it's as warm as a bowl of soup. My father died an innocent man, betrayed by the woman he loved. When everything you love has been stolen from you. Sometimes all you have left is revenge. Like I said this is not a story about forgiveness.”
“When deception is not an issue, words should be taken at face value, or else they are in danger of losing their currency”
Source: The Downstairs Girl
“When deciding between giving a longer or shorter presentation, pick shorter. 'I wish you had talked longer' are six words you'll seldom hear from audiences.”
“When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.”
“When deciding what to do next, we can always ask: Does this thought, emotion, or behavior bring me closer to or take me further away from my center?”
“When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.”
“When declaring your rights, don't forget your responsibilities.”
Source: Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
“When deconstructing life into its finest components, there is very little that we require to live and thrive.”
“When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.”
“When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.”
“When deeds speak, words are nothing.”
“When deep down in the core of your being you believe that your soulmate exists, there is no limit to the ways he or she can enter your life.”
Source: The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction
“When deep space exploration ramps up, it'll be the corporations that name everything, the IBM Stellar Sphere, the Microsoft Galaxy, Planet Starbucks.”
Source: You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection
“When deeply religious subjects view sacred iconography or reflect on their notion of God, brain scans reveal hyperactivity in the caudate nucleus, a part of the pleasure system that correlates with feelings of joy, love, and serenity. But Lindstrom and Calvert found that this same brain region lights up when subjects view images associated with strong brands like Ferrari or Apple.”
Source: Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition
“When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)
“When defeat strikes you; it has given you another opportunity to get back up and try again.”