Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It's the absence of presence, nothing more... the endless time of never coming back... a gap you can't…

Quote by Tom Stoppard

Topics: Death Quotes, Eternity Quotes, Theatre Quotes

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because...

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Eternity's a terrible thought

Eternity's a terrible thought

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a...

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.