Vanitas Quotes

“An empty skull is the vanitas symbol of modern education.”
― Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

“My friends are my power. And I'm theirs.”
― Tomoko Kanemaki, Something Strange

“I refuse to be what you want me to be. I will never set you "free"- Noé Archiviste”
― Jun Mochizuki, The Case Study of Vanitas, Chapter 53

“Medieval paintings often showed a beautiful woman standing next to a skeleton representing death. Perhaps the experts were wrong. Maybe it wasn’t the skeleton but the woman who symbolised death. Beauté du Diable – even before I met her, was I thinking of Zara? If anyone had the devil’s beauty, she did.”
― Mike Hockney, The Millionaires' Death Club

“No me asusta mi muerte,
porque la recuerdo.”
― Alejandro Mos Riera, Mundo imaginado

“La muerte de un hombre, es como el fin del mundo,
como una lengua perdida que desaparece.

La palabra permanecerá con fuerza,
en un mundo que un día, vendrá a su fin.

Olvidamos que todos,
somos hijos de la vida,
y enemigos de la muerte.”
― Alejandro Mos Riera, Mundo imaginado

“Weißt du, was in dieser Welt
Mir am meisten wohlgefällt?
Daß die Zeit sich selbst verzehret
Und die Welt nicht ewig währet.”
― Friedrich von Logau