Philip Pullman Quotes

A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.

Don’t you want to be alive before you die?

When I nearly died it made me think – this can happen again any second. I better hurry and do what I want. I started to live like I never lived before. When the fear of death is gone, then nothing can bother you and nobody can stop you.

The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.

If you spend all your time worrying about dying, living isn't going to be much fun.

I pray that we will not wait until we are ready to die before we truly learn to live.

Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.

I used to think the only way to be truly alive is to confront your mortality.

Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.

Nothing quite brings out the zest for life in a person like the thought of their impending death.

He that fears death loses the joys of life.

I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's what made me desperate to get the most out of life.

One thing I can tell you: with the threat of death hanging over you, you live life to the fullest.

Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.

A great moment of clarity when I realized I'm dying. There's no reason to wait to do the things we want to do.

Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

But come here, Fear. / I am alive! / And you are so afraid / of dying.

No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.

But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go.

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.

To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.

Let's learn to live, for we must die alone.

Best to take the moment present as a present for the moment. . .

You can't live at all unless you can live fully now.