Ann McKee Quotes

Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.

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.

Everyone is going to die.

We're all going to die.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.

I mean, death is a serious thing, certainly not to be sneezed at.

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

I probably am a dead man already.

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

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.

Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.

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

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's more or less inevitable.

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

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

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

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

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.

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

You cannot schedule death.

Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt.

I looked Death right in the face.