Mortality Awareness Quotes

“Allow a woman her hate especially if a glimpse at the mirror screams the reality that we all see.”
― Ayura Ayira, Nuclear Harlot

“Death is an inevitable part of life. We all know that we will one day leave this world, but we often forget how precious each moment is until it's too late.”
― Sam Izad, Snackable Existentialism: Small Portions, Big Ideas

“When you were living in the moment though, it wasn’t possible to truly understand how finite it all was. Don’t we all secretly hope that we are the exception to the rules of time? We might even be immortal. Then, one day, something happens, you see your aging reflection in the mirror, really see it, and you know you’ve been fooling yourself. You can’t go back and relive it again and remembering can be a beautiful thing, but it can also break your heart.”
― Kristy McGinnis, Motion of Intervals

“All beings experience hunger, that persistent reminder of mortality. The blooming hollow inside all, which affirms that only by taking from without and devouring within can we extend our coil. Hunger is universal for those who are destined to die. As they feed, they pay the incremental bribes that forestall its coming.”
― Ian St. Martin, Lucius: The Faultless Blade

“While I am trying to become a better person, I am also counting on a rather generous eulogy.”
― Todd Lyons

“Death was a sign of violence brought into a world which it could destroy. Although motionless, the dead man had a part in the violence which had struck him down; anything which came too near him was threatened by the destruction which had brought him low.”
― Georges Bataille, Erotism: Death and Sensuality