"Death comes to us all. All a man can do is smile back."--Maximus, "Gladiator"

"All the earth is a grave and nothing escapes her."--Nezahualcoyotl (Hungry Coyote)

"Death? Why this fuss about death. Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! ... Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil."--Charlotte Perkins Gilman

"Religion is the human response to being alive and having to die."--F. Forest Church

"Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul."
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."--Isaac Asimov

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death."--Robert Fulghum

"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."--Winston Churchill

"A young mockingbird woke
And began to sing and lament.
"Hush," was all she said,
and the world went—
silent."
--Me