Beautiful Quotes
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
A fictional character imagines death as freedom from time and exhaustion. The passage expresses longing for rest through poetic fantasy.
Key takeaway:
Read the passage in its fictional context and value opportunities for rest in life.
Origin of the quote
The Canterville Ghost (1887); Sir Simon speaks to Virginia.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedFictional dialogue from the ghost, whose exhaustion is central to the scene; not autobiographical advice from Wilde.
