The Way
OF ALL
FLESH

 

THE IDEA IS TO DIE YOUNG AS LATE AS POSSIBLE.

Ashley Montagu

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.

William Shakespeare

THERE’S NOTHING GLORIOUS IN DYING. ANYONE CAN DO IT.

Johnny Rotten

Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, and even the importance of death is somewhat ephemeral, as no one has yet faxed back a reliable report.

Gerald Durrell

EITHER THAT WALLPAPER GOES, OR I DO.

Oscar Wilde on his deathbed

I blame myself for my boyfriend’s death. I shot him.

Jo Brand

IN LIVERPOOL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FUNERAL AND A WEDDING IS ONE LESS DRUNK.

Paul O’Grady

I’m trying to die correctly, but it’s very difficult, you know.

Lawrence Durrell

HE’D MAKE A LOVELY CORPSE.

Charles Dickens

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

George Bernard Shaw

I WANT TO DIE LIKE MY FATHER, PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP, NOT SCREAMING AND TERRIFIED, LIKE HIS PASSENGERS.

Bob Monkhouse

Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.

Bertrand Russell

 

I told

YOU I

WAS ILL.

Spike Milligan’s epitaph