Jackson Browne Quotes

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? It isn't. It isn't.

The mystery of death, the riddle of how you could speak to someone and see them every day and then never again, was so impossible to fathom that of course we kept trying to figure it out, even when we were unconscious.

Even death has a heart.

I do not know why the dead do not come back to life. Perhaps death is so wonderful, in ways we cannot comprehend, that they prefer it over and above their friends and loved ones, although I am inclined to doubt that be the case.

Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not.

At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.

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

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

"When the dead are done with the living, the living can go on to other things," Franny said. "What about the dead?" I asked. "Where do we go?"

Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.

But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it's death. Anything. Something. Nothing.

Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.

I g-g-guess...I'm dead?" she heard her own voice call out, strangely high-pitched and thin. For a long time, she heard nothing else. And then: "Hi, Dead. I'm Dan.

So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.

Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret.

Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of a story.

Death's not a separation or alteration or parting; it's just a one-handled door.

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

Death, that final evil, is one of the paths to eternity. Endless life in the conditions of our existence would be a nightmare.

The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must be a tremendous event.

Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear- Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year.

I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.