Life, Chuck Palahniuk

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.

- Chuck Palahniuk (1962- )

Life, Aaron Hotchner from Criminal minds

Hotch: "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will." Chuck Palahniuk

- Aaron Hotchner, Criminal minds, The Angel Maker [4.2]

Death, Genghis Khan

If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.

- Genghis Khan (1162-1227)

Life, Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode from Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Everyone thought she'd die right along with him. Night after night, she stayed by the river. Big George was the only soul she'd let near her, and he watched over her night and day. You know, a heart can be broken, but it still keeps a-beating just the same.

- Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode from Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Nationality, Genghis Khan

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you.

- Genghis Khan (1162-1227)

Death·Immortality, Edvard Munch

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

- Edvard Munch (1863-1944)

Life, Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump: What's the matter, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: I'm dyin', Forrest. Come on in, sit down over here.
Forrest Gump: Why are you dyin', Momma?
Mrs. Gump: It's my time. It's just my time. Oh, now, don't you be afraid, sweetheart. Death is just a part of life. It's something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your momma. I did the best I could.
Forrest Gump: You did good, Momma.
Mrs. Gump: Well, I happened to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.
Forrest Gump: What's my destiny, Momma?
Mrs. Gump: You're gonna have to figure that out for yourself. Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're gonna get.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] Momma always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.
Mrs. Gump: I will miss you, Forrest.
Forrest Gump: [narrating] She had got the cancer and died on a Tuesday. I bought her a new hat with little flowers on it. And that's all I have to say about that.

- Sally Field as Mrs. Gump from Forrest Gump (1994)

Death, David Searls

Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.

- David Searls

Death, Jiddu Krishnamurti

Death is extraordinarily like life when we know how to live. You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)

Life, Helen Keller

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

- Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968)

Death, Unknown

Rather than mourn the absence of the flame, let us celebrate how brightly it burned.

- Unknown

Death, Nina Dobrev as Elena from Vampire Diaries

Elena: People are going to stop giving you breaks, Jeremy. They just don't care any more. They don't remember that our parents are dead, they have their own lives to deal with. The rest of the world has moved on. You should try to.
Jeremy: I've seen you in the cemetery writing in your diary. Is that... is that supposed to be you moving on?

- Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries, Pilot [1.1]