“Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.”
Hermann Hesse book Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
Nutting.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.”
Hermann Hesse book Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
“One day
Time will die
And love will bury it”
Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) American novelist, poet, and short story writer
“One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.”
Terry Pratchett book I Shall Wear Midnight
Source: I Shall Wear Midnight
“I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die.”
Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) eighteenth President of the French Republic
Je ne vais pas mal. Mais rassurez-vous, un jour, je ne manquerai pas de mourir.
Press conference, February 1965, denying rumours that he secretly had a terminal disease
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2
“You cannot conceive how I ache to be with you: how I would die for one hour…”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
Source: Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne