Harold Brodkey Quotes

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

Among all the vicissitudes of life, which vary in each individual's experience, there is one event which sooner or later comes to everyone - Death!

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

There is no more final end than death.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

All us got a due date. All us got a death sentence. One day, we gonna die.

We are mortals, we will die one day.

Death is an absolute marvel.

Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Everyone is going to die.

We will all, someday, experience death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passersby to ashes underlying the earth.

It must be understood that, as adults, we are all terminal.

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

Death is a very important part of life.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

All I can say is, death is a part of life.

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.

Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep.

These trees and these old people have one thing in common, they're both going in the ground soon!