Death Quote by Martine Leavitt — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.”

“It is life that hurts you not death.”

“Tell me what it is like to die," I answered.”

“His [Death] voice is cold at first, John. It seems unfeeling. But if you listen without fear, you find that when he speaks, the most ordinary words become poetry. When he stands close to you, your life becomes a song, a praise. When he touches you, your smallest talents become gold; the most ordinary loves break your heart with their beauty.”

“A little muzhik was working on the railroad, mumbling in his beard.”

“She has forgotten dying.”

“There was no hope in death, only an end.”

“Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?”

“Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.”

“There were heavy beams - planks of sun - falling randomly, wonderfully, onto the road. Clouds arched their backs to lok behind as they started again to move on. 'It's such a beautiful day,' he said, and his voice was in many pieces. A great day to die. A great day to die, like this.”