Death Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Dear as remembered kisses after death,”

“And this gray spirit yearning in desire”

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

“How dull it is to pause, to make an end,”

“I hold it true, whate'er befall;”

“Let me go: take back thy gift:”

“This is a long goodbye, yet not time enough. I have no aptitude for this. I cannot learn this. I would hold on, and hold on, until my hands clutch at emptiness.”

“Flowers that grow where old ones have withered serve to remind us that death will one day come to us all.”

“(On his gravestone): "I told you I was ill".”

“How talented was death. How many expressions and manipulations of hand, face, body, no two alike.”

“there is a place in the heart that”

“He hadn't woken a day since my death when the day wasn’t something to get through. But the truth was, the memorial service day was not the worst kind. At least it was honest. At least it was a day shaped around what they were so preoccupied by: my absence. Today he would not have to pretend he was getting back to normal—whatever normal was.”