Death must be distinguished from dying, with which it is often confused—Sydney Smith

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible—Henry Fielding

On his deathbed, British surgeon Joseph Henry Green behaved very coolly. “Congestion,”: he observed, and then took his own pulse. “Stopped,” he said, and died. 

Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men—Herodotus

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The death of a child is the single most traumatic event in medicine. To lose a child is to lose a piece of yourself—Burton Grebin