Oscar Wilde book The Canterville Ghost
Source: The Canterville Ghost http://www.planetmonk.com/wilde/savile/canterville.c1.html (1887)
“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
— Sylvia Plath, book The Bell Jar
The quote "Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above…" is famous quote by Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), American poet, novelist and short story writer.
Source: The Bell Jar
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