Died

Famous quotes containing the word died:

    —I tell the tale that I heard told.
    Mithridates, he died old.
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.”
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    Just before she died she asked, “What is the answer?” No answer came. She laughed and said, “In that case, what is the question?” Then she died.
    Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)