"And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death." ― Walt Whitman Topic(s): Death More From Walt Whitman "Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune." "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars." "To have great poets, there must be great audiences." More In Death "Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom."― Mahatma Gandhi "I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end."― Pope John XXIII "Fling but a stone, the giant dies."― Matthew Green