Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass" Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass" Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to die, and I know it. Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass" Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves? Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"