Let people who have to observe sickness and death look back and try to register in their observation the appearances which have… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“The greatest fear, I sometimes think, is that we are trapped: in bodies, in rooms, in time. Or the greatest fear is… — Emily Geminder Copy Share Image
Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“God is dead,” wrote Mainländer, “and His death was the life of the world.” Once the great individuation had been initiated, the… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“Roland had the distinctive blazing eyes of a death knight, but he was no ordinary death knight. A tattoo of black fire… — Yu Wo Copy Share Image
“The city lay cool and dim beneath a vaulting sky of high-scudding gray clouds. A gray shroud that covered the corpses of… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
“There is something alluring about dying in a battle. I don't yearn for death. Suicide is the ultimate disgrace. Yet the image… — Caspar Vega Copy Share Image
That strain again! It had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“The short-timers, who’d gone through hell without even a small pee in their pants, were all jittery that something was going to… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Every decent man in America ought to swoon with joy for the opportunity to crush with his heel the woolly head of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying. When I die, how will I be different from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“There was an eerie quiet about last night, like death sleeping on the beach of Lake Erie. I woke up with sand… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
When I first signed on to play Tommen, I started speculating about when he was going to die. I sort of knew… — Dean-Charles Chapman Copy Share Image
“ Dulce Et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on… — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Death doesn't make you sad- it makes you empty. That's what's so bad about it. All of your charms and beliefs and… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
This is another day! Are its eyes blurred with maudlin grief for any wasted past? A thousand thousand failures shall not daunt!… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
Death is not final for Jesus who has the power to restore the dead to life. Neither is death the last word… — From The Bible Copy Share Image
“In dreams there are only half-discoveries. In dreams we expect to be tricked and are constantly jumpy, awaiting the strange twist or… — Angelo R. Lacuesta Copy Share Image
“Home is what we know we ought to want but can't really take. America is not so much a home for anyone… — Michael Wood Copy Share Image
“I’m scared of a ton of things and all of them have to do with losing the people I love.” He pauses.… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
Death row was the only place where I never witnessed racism. We all went to bed with a death sentence on our… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
“Maybe our relationships--love--can save us, at least enough so that our lives are finally worthwhile, even with all the rotten misery and… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Grief said C.S. Lewis is like "a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape." This is so. The… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
A persons heart has countless levels. Its depth cannot be known. Its limit cant be known. You could fight to the death,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Death should hold no fear for a man as old as me, but it does. Isn't that silly? It is always dark… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“When I look up at Heaven, I see the souls of those who died Beaming down at me, Wanting to scream: “I'm… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“As I discuss in Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?, we may, in the lifeboat or burning-house situation, decide… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“Grief is tremendous, but love is bigger. You are grieving because you loved truly. The beauty in that is greater than the… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“I give no shit to what extent they believe in superstitions and fanaticism. But I will fight till death, if their fallacious… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“Do you want some advice? Go home. You're far too inquisitive, and here in East Carmine curiosity only ends one way." "Death?"… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I've accompanied several dying people on their travels, and the desert seems to be a favored destination. It is very hot and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“If they know nothing of death, it is because they know little of life, for the secrets of life and death belong… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift.… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
