I like the one by Dag Hammarskjold.

I liked best the ones by Marguerite Yourcenar and Alice James.

There is also one (purported to be from Tasunka Witko, Crazy Horse,
a holy man of the Lakota tribe, but attributed to many others), which says,
"Today is a good day to die" .
The reminder keeps me conscious of the cycle and my wish to be as centered as possible in each moment.

Thanks for the quotes; I've saved a few!

A poem by Anne Stevenson:

Birth.
Impossible to imagine
not knowing how to expect.

Childbirth.
Impossible to imagine
years of the tall son.

Death.
Impossible to imagine,
exactly, exactly.

And therefore we hope to You, Lord our G‑d, that we may speedily behold the splendor of Your might, to banish idolatry from the earth and false G‑ds will be utterly destroyed; to perfect the world under the sovereignty of the Almighty. All mankind shall invoke Your Name, to turn to You all the wicked of the earth. Then all the inhabitants of the world will recognize and know that every knee should bend to You, every tongue should swear [by Your Name]. Before You, Lord our G‑d, they will bow and prostrate themselves, and give honor to the glory of Your Name; and they will all take upon themselves the yoke of Your kingdom. May You soon reign over them forever and ever, for kingship is Yours, and to all eternity You will reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: The Lord will reign forever and ever. And it is said: The Lord shall be King over the entire earth; on that day the Lord shall be One and His Name One.

7) The Shema and Verses of Unity
At the very last moments, all present, including the person himself (if possible), recite the following passages aloud, and with intense concentration:

translation: Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our G‑d, the Lord is One.

Recite the following verse in an undertone:

translation: Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever. (Say three times.)

Recite the following verse out loud: Shema Israel Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echod. (it actually goes on for a long time, prayers to say as your soul departs, or as Hospice is seeing those signs. Not bad stuff actually, I Googled it, my Dad passed away six years ago, and he wasn't that religious, but was spiritual, may his memory be for a blessing.

There are some good quotations written here that I’ll copy. I have a couple, some in French that I’ll translate.

« La vieillesse, c'est l'hiver pour les ignorants, et le temps des moissons pour les sages. » - Proverbe Yiddish / "Old age is winter for the ignorant, and harvest time for the wise."

"Les morts sont des invisibles, mais non des absents." - Victor Hugo / The dead are invisible, but not absent.

La naissance et la mort sont comme des bulles sur l’eau – Ramakrishna/ Birth and death are like bubbles on water.

“As a Buddhist, I view death as a normal process, a reality that I accept will occur as long as I remain in this earthly existence. Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about it. I tend to think of death as being like changing your clothes when they are old and worn out, rather than as some final end.” Dalai Lama

If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old. - Will Rogers

Picking up on the Jewish tradition cited by Martha K. Backer...I see no magic on reciting verses but great comfort in the words sung each Friday night. "Lord give me the courage to make my life a blessing." And when one dies, it is said of her "She made her life a blessing." You, Ronni, have had the ourage to make your life a blessing -- to all of us, in every column.
Much love, Ann

As a new widow, whose husband died last month after a long terrible decline from Alzheimer's, I do not fear my own death because it will not be like his. I have taken more precautions than Ronnie did in moving to Oregon, although I too live in a state with a similar end of life law. But I would probably never qualify under that law, so without official doctor's prescriptions, I have amassed enough to exit on my own terms when the time seems right to me. That would definitely include any diagnosis of ALZ, a wretched way to half live before dying as a semi-corpse, being 'cleaned and turned.' I will be careful about my exist because of our son.

What I dislike and even fear is dragging myself alone through the next decade or more, as my family is very long-lived, with no history of cancer or other diseases, only of raging mental illnesses in four out of seven children. The three of us support the other four to keep them off the streets, gradually bankrupting ourselves. But they are still there, well into their seventies, some too paranoid even to get on government programs because they think they will be persecuted or whatever.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
-- Søren Kierkegaard

An autumn night - don't think your life didn't matter.
-- Matsuo Basho

You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
-- Chuck Palahniuk

Life has only this to offer: itself and death.
-- R. Erica Doyle

I believe we need to be reminded how temporary this life is and to live as fully as possible. To that end, I have a wonderful app on my iPhone (also available for Android) called: WeCroak. The app provides 5 random quotes daily which remind us to reflect on death. In turn, this reminds me to think about how I am living my life each day while aware that an end will come.

Two.

-- Why should I worry about death? It won't happen in my lifetime!

--Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.

A wonderful photographer and calligraphy artist, created cards that I bought some of for whomever survives me to send out to announce my death. The photo is of storm clouds. The quote: "You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms." - Anna Akhmatova

Thank you for those you, posted, Ronni, and to each of you for adding so many marvelous quotes.

I'm with Kate G. (and in this case Woody Allen, for whom I have no additional admiration): "I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens." I hope to exit quietly and without fanfare by Nature or my own hand. I'd prefer that it not be as a result of COVID-19 unless I am appropriately sedated.

I look these mask-less "freedumb" types at tRump rallies on TV, especially in states currently experiencing COVID surges. I really wonder if they've thought through the possibility that they or someone they love could die a solitary death in an understaffed, overwhelmed ICU. That certainly doesn't appeal to me! Unlike the Lt. Gov. of Texas, I'm not yet willing to sacrifice my life for the stock market.

Death plucks my ear and whispers, "Live! I am coming."
—Virgil

Enjoy life, it has an expiration date - Zayn Malik

Death and childbirth are both like water skiing: once you get up you have to get down again.
- Linda Storoz (me!)