“'Tis time, my friend, 'tis time! For rest the heart is aching; Days follow days in flight, and every day is taking, Fragments of being, while together you and I, Make plans to live. Look, all is dust, and we shall die.” LooksHeartTogetherDiesPlansMy FriendsFlightDustFragments Author:Alexander Pushkin
“Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight, to die to give you life, to rest under your sky; and in your enchanted land forever sleep.” GivingBeautifulDiesFallSleepForeverSkyLandFlightEnchanted Author:Jose Rizal
“I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.” YearsDiesGreaterWindStructureSeriesEndureFlightShowersPowerlessOblivionMemorialPyramidsUnendingBrassRegalNorth Wind Author:Horace
“And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief / To sing her thrilling song / To stars and waves and sky / For neither old nor young / The phoenix does not die.” DoeYoungNightSongDiesBeliefStarsGriefSeaSkyColdWaveFlightThrillingPhoenixStarry Night Author:May Sarton
“More die in flight than in battle.” WarDiesBattleFlight Book:The Story of Gösta Berling Source: The Story of Gösta Berling
“I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.” ThinkingGivingDiesAnimalWatchesWorstBirdGuiltFlightCages Author:Kyle Dunnigan