“That is all there is to the story. Catherine died and you will die and I will die and that is all I can promise you.”

— Ernest Hemingway , book A Farewell to Arms

One of the alternative endings to the novel, published in A Farewell to Arms The Special Edition.
A Farewell to Arms (1929)

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American author and journalist 1899–1961

Jim Baen (1943–2006) American publisher and editor

“In this part of the story I am the one who
dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood.”

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet

Source: 100 Love Sonnets

“"I really was sick. I swear. I almost died back there on the ship, you know."
"I know. Every time you almost die, I almost die myself."”

Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments

Clary and Jace, pg.449
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“no one dies happy, you can only die well”

Stephen King book Different Seasons

Source: Different Seasons

“And I will die, and you will die, and we all will die, and even the stars will fade out one after another in time.”

Jack Kerouac book Desolation Angels

Desolation Angels (1965)

“You know, everybody dies. My parents died. Your father died. Everybody dies. I'm going to die too. So will you. The thing is, to have a life before we die. It can be a real adventure having a life”

John Irving book The World According to Garp

Source: The World According to Garp

“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

“What would you do if I died?
If you died I would want to die too.
So you could be with me?
Yes. So I could be with you.
Okay.”

Cormac McCarthy book The Road

Source: The Road

“I'm going to stay with you all that I can, take the very best care of you that I can, and love you every minute until I die.”

Richard McKenna book The Sand Pebbles

Source: The Sand Pebbles (1962), Ch. 19; marriage ceremony of Maily and Frenchy
Context: He had a light in his gaunt face and his voice and manner were strangely solemn. The were all a bit afraid of him. … "We're mixing our lives together, Maily, and we'll never be able to unmix them again, and we'll never want to." His voice was strong but tender, and he was smiling down at here. "I take you for what you are, and all that you are, and mix you with all of me, and I don't hold back nothing. Nothing! When you're cold, and hungry, and afraid, so am I. When you're happy, so am I. I'm going to stay with you all that I can, take the very best care of you that I can, and love you every minute until I die." He took a deep, slow breath. "Now you say it"
"I will always love you and honor you and serve you, Frenchy, and stay as near to you as I can, and do everything for you, and live for you, and I won't have any life except our life together…" Tears welled out of her eyes but she smiled steadily up without blinking. "I will just love you, Frenchy, all of me there is just loving you forever."

“His last hours alive. But he didn’t know!
None of us will know, of course. The weird grammar of death. You die, he or she dies, they die, but there is no genuine form for “I”. Not really. All know that, none know when.”

Adam Roberts book Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer

Part 2, “The FTL Murders” Chapter 1, “The Mystery of the Hammered Handservant” (p. 101).
Jack Glass (2012)

“That is all there is to the story. Catherine died and you will die and I will die and that is all I can promise you.”

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