“In theory, the idea of eternity in heaven singing God’s praises sounds really good, but when I realize I have to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life is hard because it cannot last, because it must not last. Its very definition is that which lies tenuously between nonexistence… — Shawn Davis Copy Share Image
“As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been… — Guy Sajer Copy Share Image
“I know any move I would make toward Darius, any act of recognition, would only result in punishment for him. So we… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Rule 1 for Mortals: Love the Lord your God (with every bit of you). Rule 2 for Mortals: Love your neighbor as… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral. A… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“For is there any human sorrow so great that the blessing of mere daylight on the earth does not far exceed? We… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
“To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not; for it is to think one knows… — Plato Copy Share Image
“One heartbeat,” he replied, “one heartbeat. That’s it. That’s all. You’re only one heartbeat away from eternity. Everything you have—your life, your… — Jonathan Cahn Copy Share Image
“ What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? (Just to give you an idea, Proust's reply was 'To be… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What if this were Hell, this absence of sleep, this poet's desert, this pain of living, this dying of not dying, this… — Leopold Sedar Senghor Copy Share Image
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
In the time since the Baudelaire parents' death, most of the Baudelaire orphans' friends had fallen by the wayside, an expression wich… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I cannot believe this is the end. Nor can I believe that death is more than the blindness of those living. And… — Josephine Winslow Johnson Copy Share Image
All religions are ultimately cargo cults. Adherents perform required rituals, follow specific rules, and expect to be supernaturally gifted with desired rewards… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
“The never-ending ache of love and sorrow. Perhaps in some other life I could have refused, could have torn my hair and… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
“It was only after her death that I realized who she was: the apparently magical force at the center of our family… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts… — Sachin Tendulkar Copy Share Image
“I do not think that hour there told me anything I could not have imagined myself, but being there, in that silence,… — Jennifer Lynch Copy Share Image
War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine.… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I believe in reincarnation,” [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. “I tried to live a good life. Does that help?” THAT’S NOT UP TO… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't have any set things that I'm looking for, like, 'I've done this now I want to do this,' kind of… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
“You did not fear death. You stepped in its path, but without really desiring it: how can one desire something one doesn’t… — Edouard Levé Copy Share Image
“What is bad? What is Good? What should one love, what hate? Why live and what am I? What is life, what… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Sometimes paper is only paper," my mothers says. "Words are just words. Ways to capture the real thing. Don't be afraid to… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
“Why couldn't he see the tragedy of what was unfolding? Was it because it was too painful, or was it because holding… — Chris Dietzel Copy Share Image
“There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of… — Nbdycrs Copy Share Image
In general, higher rates of belief in and worship of a creator correlate with higher rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
O Love, O great god Love, what have I done, That thou shouldst hunger so after my death? My heart is harmless… — Algernon Charles Swinburne Copy Share Image
“Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
“[Jesus] is the event of the unity of life and death for the sake of life. Thus he is the event of… — Eberhard Jüngel Copy Share Image
In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“Emptiness gnawed at Emma. Could she> face death without fear? If she were to show up at heaven's door tomorrow, would God… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
“Dalinar Kholin was a connoisseur of death. Even since his youth, the sight of dead men had been a familiar thing to… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Animals learn death first at the moment of death;...man approaches death with the knowledge it is closer every hour, and this creates… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Yes, you are still grieving for the fact that Olly is not loving you as you love him. But death is no… — Lucy Holliday Copy Share Image
Whole idea is really intriguing to me. If you took snapshots of ourselves throughout the day, the way that our mind is… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Others collected round the coach, and gave vent to various surmises; some held that she had fallen asleep; some, that she had… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Many will argue that there is nothing remotely spiritual in combat. Consider this. Mystical or religious experiences have four common components: constant… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
“Mortals die, Nick. It's what they do." Lorcan's eyes bored into him. "To attach yourself to them is to watch them grow… — Arshad Ahsanuddin Copy Share Image