Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

I’m ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable.

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

Death loses its terror if one dies when one has consummated one's life!

There's not a higher stake than someone having to face their own death.

At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible.

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

Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.

You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.

We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.

People start to act very unusually when they find out that they're dying, that they don't have that many years left.

I am not afraid to die. I simply do not want to.

As a kid, all I thought about was death.

I don't want to die.

It's a weird feeling when you know you're going to die.

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.

I'm not frightened of death.

Obviously, death is ahead of me. I don't look forward to dying one little bit. But, you know, I simply don't worry about it because it's going to happen to me as it does to anybody.

There's no point thinking about dying, because it's going to happen anyway, isn't it? I don't waste my time worrying about that.

I will be dead in a few months. But it hasn't given me the slightest anxiety or worry. I always knew I was going to die.

But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.

I am not the least afraid to die

He will live ill who does not know how to die well.