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Samuel BeckettIn the afterlife, we’ll sit around talking about the good old days, when we wished that we were dead.

—  Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969

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Arthur SchopenhauerAfter your death, you will be what you were before your birth.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecOnly the dead can be resurrected. It’s more difficult with the living.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecThe first condition of immortality is death.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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RumiMy soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Vladimir NabokovLife is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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John DrydenTo die is landing on some distant shore.

—  John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet

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Lao-TzuLife and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Arthur SchopenhauerI believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Breathless (1960)Devenir immortel… et puis… mourir.

—  from the film Breathless (1960)

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VoltaireThe doctrine of reincarnation is neither absurd nor useless. It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.

—  Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer

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Sigmund FreudNone believes in his own death. In the unconscious everyone is convinced of his own immortality.

—  Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian psychologist, founder of psychoanalysis

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Vincent Van GoghSomeday death will take us to another star.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Anatole FranceFor the majority of people, though they do not know what to do with this life, long for another that shall have no end.

—  Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921

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Noel CowardWe have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

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William FaulknerIf I were reincarnated, I’d want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or envies him or wants him or needs him. He is never bothered or in danger, and he can eat anything.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

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Anton ChekhovPerhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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Saint AugustineThe Heavenly City outshines Rome, beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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Friedrich NietzscheSome are born posthumously.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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H.L. MenckenImmortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn’t believe he is dead.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Samuel Beckett- Do you believe in the life to come?
- Mine was always that.

—  Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989, Irish writer, Nobel 1969

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Vladimir NabokovOne mercifully hopes there are water nymphs in the Styx.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Michel TournierI have always been scandalized by the lightness of men who are passionately worried about what awaits them after death, and who care very little about what happened to them before their birth.

—  Michel Tournier, 1924-2016, French writer

Terry PratchettIf you stopped tellin’ people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Robert Louis StevensonTo believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Henry MillerTake a good look at me. Now tell me, do you think I'm the sort of fellow who gives a fuck what happens once he's dead?

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Søren KierkegaardThe best news the World has ever heard came from a graveyard – Christ is risen!

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

Milan KunderaThe longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Funny Quotes

Woody AllenI don't believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

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Henry MillerSex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation... The other eight are unimportant.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Ancient Greek

HeraclitusThe souls in the underworld smell.

Αι ψυχαί οσμώνται καθ΄ Άιδην.

—  Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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AeschylusFor wealth is useless to the dead.

Ως τοις θανούσι πλούτος ουδέν ωφελεί.

—  Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Persians

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Marcus AureliusWhat dies does not fall out of the world.

Έξω του κόσμου το αποθανόν ου πίπτει.

—  Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor

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AristophanesHe was easy here, will be easy there.

Ο δ’ εύκολος μεν ενθάδ’ εύκολος δ’ εκεί.

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Frogs

     (about the deceased Sophocles)

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Euripides Life we know but as we don’t have experience of the death, everybody is afraid to leave the light of this sun.

Το ζην γαρ ίσμεν, του θανείν δ’ απειρία πας τις φοβείται φως λιπείν τόδ’ ήλιου.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenix

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