“Men will not always die quietly.”

“Nun 2: (Very quietly) Sir, be grateful for the music. Most of us die in silence.”

“Myrnin to Claire: "If anyone comes to bite you while I'm gone - well, try not to attract attention. Die quietly.”

“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”

“for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.”

“Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.”

“Shakespeare said it best,' Tamaru said quietly as he gazed at that lumpish, misshapen head. 'Something along these lines: if we die today, we do not have to die tomorrow, so let us look to the best in each other”

“Dad,” I said quietly, “I’ve always made it a rule in my life not to pick fights with children, cute animals, or ignorant old men. I will, however, make an exception for you if you ever touch or insult my wife again.”

“When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz, one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.”

“Businesses that fail to change die, while their men move on. Militaries that fail to change move on, while their men die.”