I would rather be dead.

Je voudrais mourir à présent, vite, avant d'avoir compris de nouveau que je suis seule.

If I should die, I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered.

I shall soon be quite dead at last in spite of all.

I’d rather be dead than so suspicious I can’t trust anybody.

I could die today, if I wished, merely by making a little effort, if I could wish, if I could make an effort. But it is just as well to let myself die, quietly, without rushing things. Something must have changed. I will not weigh upon the balance any more, one way or the other.

I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.

I have no choice. I am a person with no reason to live. I know my lot. Yes, it would be great to die one day sooner.

I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!

"If I should die," said I to myself, "I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have loved the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remembered."

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.

I want to die, even though I don't have to.