Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.

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

To me, death is dark, pain, grief.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

When life is woe, and hope is dumb, the World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!

Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart.

Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.

Can one do nothing for the dead? And for a long time the answer had been - Nothing!

No one but me can save myself though its too late, death greets me warm, now i will just say goodbye.

Unwearied, and with springing steps elate, I had conveyed my wealth along the road. The empty sack proved now a heavier load: I was borne down beneath its worthless weight. I stumbled on, and knocked at Death's dark gate. There was no answer. Stung by sorrow's goad I forced my way into that grim abode, And laughed, and flung Life's empty sack to Fate.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.

The ocean moans over dead men's bones.

I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you.

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

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

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

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.

I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

Widow. The word consumes itself.

Do not weep for me.

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.

I don't mourn the dead. I mourn the living.