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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
->''"Seriously? Death goes [[GenkiGirl 'ding ding ding?']]"''
-->-- '''Yusuke Urameshi''' upon meeting [[{{Shinigami}} Botan]], ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''

->''"Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light, but if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity..."''
-->-- '''Laughing Bull''', ''Anime/CowboyBebop''
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
->''"I am Hades. Most inevitable of the gods. Only those who have wasted life need fear me -- for the underworld holds no terror for the innocent, wise, and brave."''
-->-- '''Hades''' in ''[[Franchise/WonderWoman Wonder Woman Vol 2 12]]''

->''"She is the bridge to Eternity. Her caress is peace. Do not fear her for she is merely that which awaits us all."''
-->-- '''Thanos''' in ''[[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel]]''
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
->'''Death:''' You don't have to be afraid of me. I am not something to fear.\\
'''Laurel:''' You want to take me away.\\
'''Death:''' We all go away in the end. This is the way of the world. Did you think your story would end differently? Sooner or later, we will all have to leave. ''[pause]'' I know you may not believe this now, but I am not a punishment. I am a result of being alive. And you, Ms. Lance, were ''alive''. Look out the window. Look at all the light you've taken with you.
-->-- ''Fanfic/HowTheLightGetsIn''
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[[folder:Film]]
->''"The Black Rabbit serves Lord Frith. He does no more than his appointed task."''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown''
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[[folder:Literature]]
->''"You see? Even Death has a heart."''
-->-- '''Death''', ''Literature/TheBookThief''

->''"'''OH LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE [[TitleDrop REAPER MAN]]?'''"''
-->-- '''Death''' to Azrael, ''Literature/ReaperMan''

->Because I could not stop for Death,\\
He kindly stopped for me;\\
The carriage held but just ourselves\\
And Immortality.
-->-- '''Creator/EmilyDickinson''', "Because I could not stop for Death"

->[...] "You see us as Guardians of the Gate, but we are more than that. We are — or will become — the new arbiters, for as long as is necessary. [...] In all our guises, Destriant, we shall be more than the Reaper ever was. We are not distant. Not indifferent. You see, unlike Hood, we remember what it was to be alive. We remember each and every moment of yearning, of desperate need, the anguish that comes when no amount of beseeching earns a single instant's reprieve, no pleading yields a moment's mercy. We are here, Destriant. When no other choice remains, call upon us."
->[...] Gasping, she stared up at the unnamed soldier as tears filled her eyes. "This... this is not the death I imagined."''
-->-- '''The Guardians of the Dead''' taking the place of [[TheGrimReaper '''Hood, God of Death''']] in the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''

->The world stopped shaking.\\
Northstrider stared into the reflective black surface of his codex. The turmoil calmed, and the message it had displayed--[[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt A destroyer has come]]]--now flickered out.\\
It was replaced with a new message, and if the previous one had brought with it the chaos of panic, this one came along with the silence of the grave.\\
White letters on a black surface declared: [[[BigDamnHeroes The Destroyer has come]].]
-->-- ''Literature/CradleSeries'', book 10: ''Reaper''

->And after a while, with his face towards the morning, Death out of the marshes came up tall and beautiful, and with a faint smile shadowy on his lips, and lifted in his arms the lonely man, being gentle with him, and murmuring with his low deep voice an ancient song, carried him to the morning, to the gods.
-->-- Creator/LordDunsany, "On the Dry Land"
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->''"I mean, people feel as pleased to be born as if they did it themselves, but they get hurt and upset and shaken when they die. But eventually, I learned that all they need is a kind word and a friendly face."''
-->-- '''Death''', ''Series/TheSandman2022'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E06TheSoundOfHerWings The Sound of Her Wings]]"

->'''Wanda:''' You tricked me! It was you all the time.\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' Yes. I tricked you.\\
'''Wanda:''' But why? The moment I let you inside, you could have taken me. Anytime. But you were nice. You made me trust you.\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' But I had to make you understand. Am I really so bad? Am I really so frightening? You've talked to me. You've confided in me. Have I tried to hurt you? It isn't me you're afraid of. You understand me. What you're afraid of is the unknown. Don't. Don't be afraid.\\
'''Wanda:''' But I ''am'' afraid.\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' The running's over. It’s time to rest. ''[offers his hand to Wanda]'' Give me your hand.\\
'''Wanda:''' But I don't want to die.\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' Trust me.\\
'''Wanda:''' [[LittleNo No... No...]]\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' Mother... Give me your hand. ''[Wanda hesitantly takes his hand, causing him to smile]'' You see? No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning.\\
'''Wanda:''' When will it happen? When will we go?\\
'''Harold/Mr. Death:''' Go? Look. ''[draws Wanda's attention to her bed, [[PeacefulInDeath revealing Wanda's body peacefully resting there]]]'' We have already begun.
-->-- ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E16NothingInTheDark Nothing in the Dark]]"

->'''Lana:''' [[DespairEventHorizon I don't think I can do this anymore.]] Death would be better. I used to be scared of it, but I'm not afraid anymore.\\
'''Shachath:''' Just let go. I'm right here with you.
-->-- ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'', "[[Recap/AmericanHorrorStoryS02E07DarkCousin Dark Cousin]]"
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[[folder:Music]]
->''Seasons [[TropeNamers don't fear the reaper]]\\
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain\\
(We can be like they are)\\
Come on baby\\
(Don't fear the reaper)\\
Baby take my hand\\
(Don't fear the reaper)''
-->-- '''Music/BlueOysterCult''', "[[Music/AgentsOfFortune Don't Fear the Reaper]]"

->''I'm here for you\\
Now I lay you down to sleep\\
Pray that I your soul will keep\\
Don't be afraid\\
Only death divides us\\
You will die before you wake\\
Pray that I your soul will take\\
Don't be afraid\\
Only death unites us''
-->-- "Reaper", '''Music/{{Keldian}}'''

->''"The candle is burning low\\
At the window to my soul\\
The reaper is at my door now\\
He's come to take me home"''
-->--'''Music/LondonAfterMidnight''', "Sacrifice"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->'''Hiyoko Tousaka:''' I'll be counting on you next time something happens!\\
'''Death:''' Try not to give me too much more work to do, okay?\\
'''Hiyoko:''' What? But that's why we're friends!\\
'''Sakuya:''' She's friends... with Death...!?
-->-- ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
->DEATH has been waiting for you. He has poured you some TEA.
-->-- ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''

->'''Reaper:''' '''[-WHAT'S UP, MORTALS-]'''\\
'''Sebastian:''' W-whoa.\\
'''Reaper:''' '''[-DAMN RIGHT, WHOA.-]'''
-->-- ''Webcomic/TrueVillains''

->''"Heaven is real. You're going there. We have booze."''
-->-- '''Death''', ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/death-8 "Death 8"]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
->I waited for death to wrap his\\
frail hands around my neck and\\
feed me to the unknown\\\
but he just took my hand, fingers\\
laced between my own\\
and smiled
-->-- '''dearspineless''', "[[http://dearspineless.deviantart.com/art/we-shouldn-t-be-so-afraid-of-death-422477276 we shouldn't be so afraid of death]]"

->'''[[Characters/HololiveMoriCalliopeCh Mori Calliope]]:''' So many good people, gone before their time... Why?! Please, tell me!\\
'''Death-Sensei:''' [[WhamLine I don't know.]]\\
'''Mori Calliope:''' What?\\
'''Death-Sensei:''' I don't know why death comes for all living things.\\
'''Mori Calliope:''' Even Death does not know...\\
'''Death-Sensei:''' But ''that's'' why [[{{Psychopomp}} we're]] here, Mori. If death is inevitable, then should it not come as a friend? If everyone is going to die, then let us send them off with a hug and a wave.
-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCazi8Y4blk "Don't Fear the Reaper"]]

->The nature of his line of work,\\
Led some to think he was a jerk.\\
And though he was considered grim,\\
I found myself grow fond of him.
-->-- "[[http://www.hitrecord.org/records/455728 Tea With Death]]", a [[http://www.hitrecord.org/collaborations/535 cooperative]] poem

->Death gods are not as heartless as movies depict us as. It can be difficult. Because I know that every time I make a mortal friend, I will have to guide them through the halls of the dead in the end and say goodbye.
-->-- '''Anubis''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''

->'''Death:''' It's time to go.\\
'''Dead (person/being/thing):''' Was I a good (person/being/thing)?\\
'''Death:''' No. [[BaitAndSwitchComment I'm told you were the best.]]
-->-- MemeticMutation (replace 'person/being' with someone/something respected who just died)
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->''"Shall we go then? Into the mystery?"''
-->--'''Death of the Endless''' to Vincent, ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseDeath''

->''There is much to fear...but not death, for it brings meaning to life...''
-->-- '''[[GodOfTheDead The Matron of Ravens]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina''
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[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"Not a bad chap when you get to know him (and sooner or later, everyone gets to know him)."''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''

->Noli Timere Messorem (Don't fear the reaper)
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett''''s motto after his knighthood

->''"Death is such a cinnamon roll! What a great guy to transition people out of this life and into the next."''
-->-- '''Creator/LindsayEllis''' on Death as he appears in ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E16NothingInTheDark Nothing in the Dark]]".
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