Death Quote by Michael Cunningham — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.”

“We live our lives, do whatever we do, and then we sleep. It's as simple and ordinary as that. A few jump out windows, or drown themselves, or take pills; more die by accident; and most of us are slowly devoured by some disease, or, if we're very fortunate, by time itself. There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds & expectations, to burst open & give us everything we've ever imagined, though everyone but children (and perhaps even they) know these hours will inevitably be followed by others, far darker and more difficult. Still, we cherish the city, the morning, we hope, more than anything for more. Heaven only knows why we love it so.”

“Man," he said, "I'm not afraid of graveyards. The dead are just, you know, people who wanted the same things you and I want.”

“I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been.”

“One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.”

“I wish everyone would stop crying, Tom. Uncle Joe would be so angry about it." But she's crying herself now. "He'd be so angry at us, Tom, for crying so much when all he did was laugh.”

“Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it.”

“Love in a hut, with water and a crust,”

“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.”

“Dead, we are revealed in our true dimensions, and they are surprisingly modest.”

“What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.”