“I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.”

— Lee Child , book 61 Hours

Source: 61 Hours

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British thriller writer 1954

Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist

Statement at age 80 in The New York Times (3 April 1970)

“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die.”

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

As quoted in "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'" by Ian Sample, in The Guardian (15 May 2011) http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven
Context: I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first... I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”

Jean Giraudoux Amphitryon 38

Source: Amphitryon 38

“Do you have any coffee?'…'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it.
It's just getting out of one car, and into another.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?"
"I guess it depends on how you die.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“People are afraid to die, because they do not know what is death. The gnani has died before his death, he saw that there was nothing to be afraid of. The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing. Death gives freedom and power. (…) The happiness of being absolutely free is beyond description. (…).”

Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897–1981) Indian guru

Death
Source: I am That, P.139.

“Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

“I'm not afraid of death myself, because I'm not gonna know I'm dead. I'm awed a bit by the idea, but I'm perfectly reconciled to it. Certainly I am, as everyone is, reconciled to everyone else's death but their own. They think an exception can be made in their own case.”

Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist

As quoted in "Christmas with Christopher Hitchens", by Gregg LaGambina, The A.V. Club (20 December 2007) http://www.avclub.com/article/christmas-with-christopher-hitchens-14189
2000s, 2007

“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”

Daniel Keyes book Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon (1966)

“I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.”

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