Died Quotes - Page 13

• The whiskey died away in time and was renewed and died again, but the street ran on. From that night the thousand streets ran as one street, with imperceptible corners and changes of scene.

  William Faulkner

  Night, Whiskey, Scene

  William Faulkner (1972). “Light in August”, Vintage

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• Grant knew that people could not imagine geological time. Human life was lived on another scale of time entirely. An apple turned brown in a few minutes. Silverware turned black in a few days. A compost heap decayed in a season. A child grew up in a decade. None of these everyday human experiences prepared people to be able to imagine the meaning of eighty million years - the length of time that had passed since this little animal had died.

  Michael Crichton

  Children, Animal, Years

  Michael Crichton (1997). “Michael Crichton's Jurassic World”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• Anyway, now she thinks of Estha and Rahel as Them, because, separately, the two of them are no longer what They were or ever thought They would be. Ever. Their lives have a size and a shape now. Estha has his and Rahel hers. Edges, Borders, Boundaries, Brinks and Limits have appeared like a team of trolls on their separate horizons. Short creatures with long shadows, patrolling the Blurry End. Gentle half-moons have gathered under their eyes and they are as old as Ammu was when she died.

  Arundhati Roy

  Team, Eye, Moon

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.3, Penguin Books India

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• What did Romeo and Juliet do?” They died,” I remind her gently. “Some mix-up with the poison-

  Gordon Korman

  Poison, Juliet

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• Whose is it, do you think?" I say finally. "No telling," says Finnick. "Why don't we let Peeta claim it, since he died today?

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Today, Claims

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.292, Scholastic Inc.

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• being sixteen in the pants I died full of questions

  Anne Sexton

  Sixteen, Pants

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• No person ever died that had a family.

  Ray Bradbury

  Persons

  Ray Bradbury (1980). “The Stories of Ray Bradbury”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.

  Heather Brewer

  Race, Leader, Example

  Heather Brewer (2008). “Ninth Grade Slays #2: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.80, Penguin

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• But then I remembered something Grandmere had once assured me of: No one has ever died of embarrassment-never, not once in the whole history of time.

  Meg Cabot

  Embarrassment, Remembered, Whole

  Meg Cabot (2009). “The Princess Diaries: Ten Out of Ten”, p.116, Pan Macmillan

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• Light died in the west. Night and tears took the Nation. The star of Water drifted among the clouds like a murderer softly leaving the scene of the crime.

  Terry Pratchett

  Stars, Night, Clouds

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• Now they stumbled in the shackles of humanity, lived in a fear that never died, fretted by a law they could not understand; their mock-human existence began in an agony, was one long internal struggle, one long dread of Moreau - and for what? It was the wantonness that stirred me.

  H. G. Wells

  Struggle, Agony, Law

  H. G. Wells (2012). “The Island of Dr. Moreau”, p.74, Courier Corporation

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• There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died. (Anonymous poem)

  John C. Maxwell

  Men, Passed Away, Cautious

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.131, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.

  Marcel Proust

  Morning, Three, Dear Friend

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• Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.

  Anais Nin

  Break Up, Creating, People

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• Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the Knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Cheer, Space, Knights

  1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.

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• Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.

  Douglas Adams

  Wall, Taken, Ferrari

  Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.410, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe he died this way on purpose. I believe he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath and be haunted by it, the way he had been haunted by his mother's death-notice telegram or by his father's corpse in the city morgue.

  Mitch Albom

  Mother, Father, Believe

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• The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay? They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them. So Zeus sent this magical flying ram with golden wool, which picked them up in Greece and carried them all the way to Colchis in Asia Minor. Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important." "It was probably important to her.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Real, Sacrifice

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your ears. They belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that pounds away at the side of your head, a wrecking ball coming at you again and again, until finally, the words crack a hole large enough to fit inside your brain. And in so doing, they split you apart.

  Mitch Albom

  Mom, Powerful, Brain

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• To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!

  Clive Barker

  Funny, Death, Dying

  FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Mar 15, 2013

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• If things go wrong, I'll lead them away. Once it's clear, get back to the car. If you don't see me in five minutes, then I've probably died a very brave and heroic death. Oh and don't Oh, and don't touch the radio--I've got it tuned right where I want it and I don't want you messing that up.

  Derek Landy

  Car, Brave, Want

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• A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a hole in the windscreen, tempted by some seat-sponge for her nest. She never found her way out. No one noticed her panicked car-window appeals. She died on the backseat, with her legs in the air. Like a joke.

  Arundhati Roy

  Air, Car, Legs

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.296, Penguin Books India

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• now I know that my punishment from starclan is not that the other kits died but that this one survived" -yellowfang

  Erin Hunter

  Punishment, Knows, Survived

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• So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born.

  Langston Hughes

  Born, Stills

  Langston Hughes (2002). “Essays on art, race, politics, and world affairs”

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• Only one pair was still battling, apparently unaware of the new arrival. Harry saw Sirius duck Bellatrix's jet of red light: he was laughing at her. 'Come on, you can do better than that!' he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room. The second jet of light hit him squarely in the chest. The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock.

  J. K. Rowling

  Laughter, Eye, Light

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