Tag Archives: Quotes about Death



”To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.”

- Stephen Levine
Posted on August 4, 2015 by Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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”One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”

- José Rizal
Posted on June 23, 2015 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)
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“I Did Not Attend the Funeral, but I Sent a Nice Letter Saying I Approved of it.”

- Mark Twain / Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
Posted on April 24, 2015 by Greer Barker (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

(This quote, like many witty quotes, is often wrongly ascribed to Mark Twain, though it was actually Hoar to whom it should be attributed, as the website “Quote Investigator” details. Twain’s place in our collective imagination continues to earn him … Continue reading →

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”Our fault is not that we fear death but that we don’t respect it as a miracle. The most profound subjects — love, truth, compassion, birth and death — are equal.”

- Deepak Chopra
Posted on April 14, 2015 by Greer Barker (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“There are three natural anesthetics: sleep, fainting, and death.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Posted on February 13, 2015 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)
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“We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.”

- Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa
Posted on February 3, 2015 by Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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