E. M. Forster Quotes

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

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.

We shall all of us die, so why should I grudge a little trouble?

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter.

I long ago made up my mind that if anybody wants to kill me, they could do it.

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.

Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically.

To be content with death may be better than to desire it.

She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.

Why shed tears that you must die? For if your past life has been one of enjoyment, and if all your pleasures have not passed through your mind, as through a sieve, and vanished, leaving not a rack behind, why then do you not, like a thankful guest, rise cheerfully from life's feast, and with a quiet mind go take your rest.

By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

I'm not afraid of death at all.

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.

Come to think of it, Pasadena's as good a place to die as any.

I do not expect to see home again, though that is what I want.

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.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.