I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good

The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does read more

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, read more

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves

Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

Many men kill themselves for love, but many more women die of it

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age