“It is when death is rendered graphically, is televised so to speak, that you sense an eerie separation between your condition and… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I… — Nazim Hikmet Copy Share Image
Some of us are afraid of dying; others of human loneliness. Profane was afraid of land or seascapes like this, where nothing… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“...and that touched off something else...old sorrows, good friends gone down into the earth. Sometimes I picture death as a wide stone… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“We don’t like death. We’d rather produce seeds another way. But death to ourselves, our agendas, our expectations, our hopes is necessary… — Mary E. DeMuth Copy Share Image
“You drive, walk, eat, look at television, read, and all the while, beyond you and the cozy circle created by your lady… — Coleman Dowell Copy Share Image
“And in it all, the sensation of shaking my fists at the sky, shaking my fists high up to the sky, because… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you… — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Unexpectedly, 'Death's End' turned into a major success. It made a much bigger impact than the first two books in the series… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
I am not what I ought to be! Ah! how imperfect and deficient! - I am not what I wish to be!… — John Newton Copy Share Image
this is what happens to the plans of humans, it is when they make them in the midst of their pleasures that… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Yet for quixotic reasons--namely, that I enjoyed writing obits--I had decided to scale back on articles about city life in order to… — Avi Steinberg Copy Share Image
As someone fairly committed to the death of our solar system and ultimately the entropy of the universe, I think the question… — Bruce Hood Copy Share Image
“I look at it this way; you have two choices. The first is for you to stay impaled and die a slow… — Frank Cereo Copy Share Image
“Only the deceased could hear this quietness, he thought; no wonder they were tossing and turning in their graves seven feet under… — Nina Copy Share Image
“The first was to expect crushing disappointment in life, the second was the absolute reliability of loss, and finally, the utter futility… — Domingo Martinez Copy Share Image
I'd love to meet Flannery O'Connor. I think I'd be content to hear her speak on any subject. What forces shaped her.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Whenever I am near you, my lips tremble, My characters stutter, and my words are lost. My lips wander to hug yours,… — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Think not I dread to see my spirit fly, Through the dark gates of fell mortality; Death has no terrors when the… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
“Death sucks, and premature death sucks worse. But it’s part of the package deal of getting to be alive. It happens because… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
I'm a standup comedian who can't drive. I have never learned. I don't trust my hand-eye coordination. You're looking at someone who… — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
“A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King… — Giannis Delimitsos Copy Share Image
“By the way, don’t ever let someone convince you that there’s anything — and I mean anything — good about dying. There… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
“For death is the only certain thing in life,and despite this cliché being an absolute truth, with only the timing varying from… — Daniela Norris Copy Share Image
“And when the clouds do clear away Get a momentary chance to see The thing I've been trying to beat to death… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“Oh God!" I moan out as her hand slows. Will it always be like this with her? Holy shit. I’ll be dead… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Now dumb is he who waked the world to speak, And voiceless hangs the world beside his bier, Our words are sobs,… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I don't want to be looking inside my ego, my stuff, my achievements, my me, me, me, me, I hate that stuff.… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“You can’t just assume that just because they have beauty and wealth that they aren’t touched by tragedy, heartbreak, cheating, and everything… — Annie Jocoby Copy Share Image
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder - infinitely prouder - to be… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“I do not find myself beguiled, let alone enchanted by mortal man or woman with their pretense, show or adornments, yet when… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
Momma will be forever remembered with the love, kindness, and warmth she brought to so many lives. Grief is something that all… — Tammi Post Copy Share Image
When I experience something, I believe it. I almost choked to death when I was a four year old and had a… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“The morgue is a Victorian update of a system established by Alfred the Great. It's the place where certain deaths are resolved… — Stephen Armstrong Copy Share Image
For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
“The pious heart therefore perceives a division in itself, being partly affected with delight through a knowledge of the divine goodness, partly… — William Cunningham Copy Share Image
