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').

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?' (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.).

What will be your death note?

When I die, I would love to die smiling. If however I forget this, I hope I have someone there to make me smile.

In the world you live in, one day you will be gone but you must fulfill your mission before departure.

I looked at her, exhausted in the hospital bed, and she looked at you, and you looked at me looking at her with eyes that had never known anything else, and for a moment there I swear we saw each other with a clarity that nothing can alter, not time, not heartbreak, not death.

Life has an end. We are all on a transit.

Do I have anything to lose? This life will be gone one day to the Creator who gave it.

Just take me with you. Please.I cant.Please, Papa.I cant. I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant.

Top question of the dying: 'What made me sick?