Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Quote by Susan Cheever

Topics: Death Quotes

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground...

Clay. It's rain, dead leaves, dust, all my dead ancestors. Stones that have been ground...

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death....

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death....

Taking shelter in the dead is death itself, and only taking all the risk of...

Taking shelter in the dead is death itself, and only taking all the risk of...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I...

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I...

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that...

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that...

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die;...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die;...

And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the...

And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the...

'Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happining.

'Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happining.

Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it...

Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it...

One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.

One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

The Death Penalty: Killing people that kill people to show people that killing people is...

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, & even the importance of death...

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, & even the importance of death...

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the...

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the...