{"quotes":[{"text":"When Olivier had been taken away Gamache had sat back down and stared at the sack. What could be worse than Chaos, Despair, War?What would even the Mountain flee from? Gamache had given it a lot of thought.What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees? And Gamache thought he had the answer.Regret. Regret for things said, for things done, and not done. Regret for the people they might have been. And failed to be.Finally, when he was alone, the Chief Inspector had opened the sack and looking inside had realize he'd been wrong. The worst thing of all wasn't regret.","author":"Louise Penny","tags":["deathbed","haunted","regret"],"id":871,"author_id":"Louise+Penny"},{"text":"It is a dreadful thing to wait and watch for the approach of death; to know that hope is gone, and recovery impossible; and to sit and count the dreary hours through long, long, nights - such nights as only watchers by the bed of sickness know. It chills the blood to hear the dearest secrets of the heart, the pent-up, hidden secrets of many years, poured forth by the unconscious helpless being before you; and to think how little the reserve, and cunning of a whole life will avail, when fever and delirium tear off the mask at last. Strange tales have been told in the wanderings of dying men; tales so full of guilt and crime, that those who stood by the sick person's couch have fled in horror and affright, lest they should be scared to madness by what they heard and saw; and many a wretch has died alone, raving of deeds, the very name of which, has driven the boldest man away.('The Drunkard's Death').","author":"Charles Dickens","tags":["deathbed","deathbed-confession","dying","dying-last-words"],"id":11299,"author_id":"Charles+Dickens"},{"text":"I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["dead","death","death-and-dying","death-of-a-child","death-of-a-friend","death-of-a-loved-one","death-of-a-parent","death-of-the-human-race","death","deathbed","die","dying-at-home","dying-inside","dying-words","fear-of-death","grave","graveyard","inspiration","inspiration","life","life","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":25541,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like to think that I would have kept it simple and said, “I love you,” then just held his hand in silence, letting that thought linger in the space of the time we had left together.","author":"Lisa J. Shultz","tags":["death-and-dying","deathbed","end-of-life","i-love-you","time-to-let-go","time-to-say-goodbye"],"id":32516,"author_id":"Lisa+J.+Shultz"},{"text":"At the end of life, nobody knows where the spirit goes.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["after-death","after-life","believers","christian-living","christianity-consciousness","christianity","death-and-dying","death","death-wish","deathbed","faith","faith-in-god","faith","god-s-plan","grave-robbing","graveyard","graveyard-book","life-and-death","life-and-living","life-philosophy","life","resurrection","sickness-and-diseases","sickness-and-health","sickness-of-the-mind","spirit","spiritual-life","spiritual","spiritual-sayings","spirituality","wisdom","wise","wise-words"],"id":40537,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["dead","death","death-and-dying","death-of-a-child","death-of-a-friend","death-of-a-loved-one","death-of-a-parent","death-of-the-human-race","death","deathbed","die","dying-at-home","dying-inside","dying-words","equal","equal-rights","equality","fear-of-death","grave","graveyard","rich-and-poor","world-slides"],"id":42696,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?' (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.).","author":"Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor","tags":["death","deathbed","dying","dying-last-words"],"id":44476,"author_id":"Nancy+Astor+the+Viscountess+Astor"},{"text":"Life on earth is temporary. May we pursue peace and live in harmony with one another.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice-for-daily-living","christian-living","death-and-dying","death-and-sickness","death-note","death-wish","deathbed","fairies","faith","harmony","human-nature","humanity-advice","humanity-and-society","life","life-and-death","life-and-living","life","peace","wisdom","wise-words"],"id":73345,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.","author":"Talulah Riley","tags":["die","deathbed","like "],"id":88859,"author_id":"Talulah+Riley"},{"text":"It's weird, all you think about when you're young is gaining your independence, but when those final hours come, people want to go home.","author":"Kathryn Craft","tags":["death","deathbed","life-lessons"],"id":90092,"author_id":"Kathryn+Craft"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}