He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.

Chuck Palahniuk, "Invisible Monsters"

If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture - that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves.

Edward Abbey

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

Joe Louis

Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.

Woody Allen.

A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.

Thomas Mann

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god

Jean Rostand

A friend of mine stopped smoking, drinking, overeating, and chasing women --all at the same time. It was a lovely funeral.
Unknow

For when the one Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks - not that you won or lost -
But how you played the game.

G. Rice

Life spared nothing for me, why should I spare my life for the world