„I’ve never lost a duel to the death. Not one.“

— Jim Butcher

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„You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.“
— Rick Riordan
„In its flight from death, the craving for permanence clings to the very things sure to be lost in death.“
— Hannah Arendt
„I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.“
— Marilyn Manson
„I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.“
— Al Capone
„Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people began to appear: cranks, imbeciles, the demented, the vengeful, sadists, killers. Modern society had created its own kind and they feasted on each other. It was a duel to the death--in a cesspool.“
— Charles Bukowski
„Death is never very far.“
— Ali