“We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.” FacesDiesTroubleOne ThingDealing With Death Author:Katherine Paterson
“There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy anymore.” PeopleNeedsShouldDiesOne ThingExpressionSympathyBefore I Die Author:Golda Meir
“In our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever...listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot, It is all one vast awakened thing. We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It's a dream already ended.” WorldMindIdeasSelfDreamRememberDiesBornSilenceKnownForeverOne ThingLessonsIllusionEssenceMortalsImaginaryAwakenedAlright Author:Jack Kerouac
“Because there was only one thing worse than dying. And that was knowing you were going to die. And where. And how. (“Death Ship”)” DiesKnowingOne ThingDyingShips Book:The Best of Richard Matheson Source: The Best of Richard Matheson
“There's one thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die - their silence.” DeathDiesSilenceOne ThingSurprisingOld FriendsStormyDeath Of A Friend Author:Ben Hecht
“The point is that only one thing matters in this world, to prepare oneself for death. One can try to be as comfortable as possible until one dies... Because being comfortable does not have any meaning either. It just does not. Everything is only a big meaninglessness that one must bear.” WorldTryingDoeMatterBigsDiesOne ThingThis WorldBearsComfortableOneselfMeaninglessness Author:Odd Nerdrum
“I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don't have that "I've got to do one thing before I die." I did it.” PersonsStillsBookDiesAudienceOne ThingUnderstoodTragicPrintBefore I Die Author:John Waters
“You can go to church and sing a hymn, Judge me by the colour of my skin, You can live a lie until you die, One thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside.” LyingDiesChurchOne ThingJudgingSkinsColourHymnsCrippledJudge Me Author:John Lennon