Untimely Death Quotes

• Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?

  Andrew Shue

  Brother, Teenager, Loss

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• Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

  Mark Twain

  Getting Older, Complaining, Growing

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• There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well of sorrow, drowning the mourner in a torrent of agonizing pain; an exquisite pain that continues to afflict the mourner with heartache and loneliness long after the deceased is buried and gone.

  Jocelyn Murray

  Pain, Loneliness, Grief

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• We are saddened to hear of the untimely death of Christian Audigier. It is a sad end to a brilliant marketer; his incredible energy and vision brought my artwork to global attention.

  Don Ed Hardy

  Christian, Vision, Energy

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• A broken heart is never a tragedy. Only untimely death is a tragedy.

  Angela Carter

  Heart, Broken, Tragedy

  Angela Carter (2012). “Wise Children”, p.153, Random House

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• You can care very much about someone without being capable of becoming their primary caregiver in the event of their parents' untimely death.

  Mallory Ortberg

  Parent, Events, Care

  "Backup Mommy". "Dear Prudence" with Daniel Mallory Ortberg, www.slate.com. March 8, 2016.

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• Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.

  Mariah Carey

  Heartbroken, Condolences, Voice

  FaceBook post by Mariah Carey from Feb 12, 2012

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• He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

  Giovanni Falcone

  Death, Fear, Dying

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• Death lies on her like an untimely frost.

  William Shakespeare

  Death, Lying, Frost

  'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 4, sc. 5, l. 25

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• If untimely death came only those who deserved that fate, Keturah, where would choice be? No one would do good for its own sake, but only to avoid an early demise. No one would speak out against evil because of his own courageous soul, but only to live another day. The right to choose is man's great gift, but one thing is not his to choose--the time and means of death.

  Martine Leavitt

  Mean, Fate, Men

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• I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

  Shan Sa

  Revenge, Secret, Saws

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• It is difficult for me to talk about some of these things without reliving the extreme emotions and loss one always feels for the untimely deaths of acquaintances, family and friends, all because they stood up against the unlawful tyranny of non-Indian America.

  Leonard Peltier

  Loss, America, Family And Friends

  Source: montanapioneer.com

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• The fact remains, in the wrestling industry there is a very high occurrence of untimely deaths for a lot of different reasons. I feel it's the industry's fault. I don't think these guys and women, but mostly guys are the ones dying inordinately young, I don't think that they are told all the risks of what they're getting into.

  Nancy Grace

  Wrestling, Thinking, Guy

  Source: 411mania.com

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• They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Sad, Death, Suicide

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2014). “Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• There was an author who titled his books by days of the weeks and another one that used colors. Then there was Edward Gorey who wrote the book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, about the untimely death of 26 Victorian children, each representing a letter of the alphabet. I thought what a great way to link the titles.

  Sue Grafton

  Children, Book, Color

  Interview with Elise Cooper, crimespreemag.com. August 21, 2015.

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• Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts to shift focus from civil to silver rights were interrupted by his untimely death. He fought ardently for Black rights, but he also recognized financial literacy as the key to an America that was truly free for all people.

  John Hope Bryant

  Kings, Keys, Rights

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Gun, Knowing, Would Be

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• Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan in recognition of his distinguished service as a Member of Congress and the fact of his untimely death by assassination while performing his responsibilities as a Member of the United States House of Representatives.

  Leo Ryan

  Responsibility, America, Design

  "Act Awarding Leo Ryan Congressional Gold Medal". United States Congress, H.R. 3348 Public Law 98 - 159, November 18, 1983.

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• A world war - God forbid! - will leave only smoldering ashes as a mute testimony of a human race whose folly led inexorably to untimely death. Yet there are those who sincerely feel that disarmament is an evil and international negotiation is an abominable waste of time.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  War, Race, Evil

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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