'I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.' - Woody Allen

Death, for reasons that are quite understandable, has become somewhat of a taboo subject in everyday conversation. Though it is the most certain aspect of life, it goes largely unmentioned until the day we are forced to confront it.

Yet over the ages there have been many views expressed about our inevitable demise. This book brings together some of the funniest, most interesting and most poetic quotes from a variety of people across the ages.