Death Quote by Roland Barthes — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Each of us has his own rhythm of suffering.”

“As soon as someone dies, frenzied construction of the future (shifting furniture, etc.): futuromania.”

“When it is winter and we must walk in the blizzard snow do not our fingers and toes whisper death  And when winter is at last over. . .can we not hear our bellies whisper death to us  In the dark don't we know  And when we are paralyzed by nightmares  We know what you are.  With our first cries we rail against you.  We see you in every drop of blood in every tear.”

“I will not let her speak because I love her, and when you love someone, you do not make them tell war stories. A war story is a black space. On the one side is before and on the other side is after, and what is inside belongs only to the dead.”

“. . . owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.”

“Um..." Hazel faltered. "You mean you won't... you're not going to-”

“It's a tragic fact to die in an accident”

“He died and the whole Soviet Union followed. Revmira's country, her young face, the entire course of her life had changed. Since she started at the hospital, she had sat next to more than a hundred persons to help them go, so she knew death well: the release of breath, the rattle, the calm. Her parents went the same way, one after the other. And she missed them. She had resigned herself a long time ago to missing all the people who left her.”