William Shakespeare

"The dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all."

- 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

"'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause."

- 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare

John Updike

"'How can we not protest?' Horwendil said to her, impulsive in turn. 'Sent from the abode of angels to live on this earth among beasts and filth, and sentenced to death in a misery of foreknowing!'"

- "Gertrude and Claudius" by John Updike

The Corrs

"Tell me it's true, tell me there's something more."

- The Corrs, "Good-Bye"