That is the stillness into which all great lives fade.
Your old life fades like a photograph in the fire.
The luminous life he had seen in Mali's eyes faded.
The jaws opened and closed a few times slowly, but life had already faded from the puzzled scarlet eyes.
Silently she looked at him and he saw the life fade from her eyes.
He waited a moment, and saw the life fade from the sentry's eyes.
Watching such a young, promising life fade away has made the grieving even more trying.
The approaching night reminded him that his own life would some day fade into the darkness of the world beyond.
Richard had watched the life fade out of the old man's eyes.
He could see the life fade from them in an instant's time.