Death

Death

Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging (senescence), predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death.

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Famous quotes containing the word death:

    “For ‘tis not in mere death that men die most.”
    —Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)

    “Death, the most dreaded of all evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.”
    —Epicurus (c. 341–271 B.C.)

    “When Death to either shall come—
    I pray it be first to me.”
    —Robert Bridges (1844–1930)