Mother Angelica Quotes

Death is a fearful thing.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.

To me, death is dark, pain, grief.

I am scared of death.

Be careful, then, and be gentle about death. For it is hard to die, it is difficult to go through the door, even when it opens.

There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our house changes its shape, rears up and becomes a place of despair. Then fear and rage run simply--and the thought of Death as a friend. This is the simplest of thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.

A lot of people want to die for a lot of reasons.

I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day.

I want to tell you what it was really like to think death is imminent, but I can't. It's a taste in your mouth. And an emptiness.

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

Death belongs to the dying and those who love them.

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

I don't want to hear about my death.

You can cry about death and very properly so, your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable, so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable, but it has always been inevitable, if you see what I mean.

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody.

The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid.

I'm a believer, but an unsettled one. I think it has something to do with the fact that my grandmother always told me she would come back and tickle my feet at night time when she passed away. She hasn't gotten me yet. But I keep the blanket over my feet at night, no matter how hot it is.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.