In earlier cultures with pagan belief systems, light and dark were celebrated equally, people were around death a lot. In contemporary Western… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Our righteousness is in Him, and our hope depends, not upon the exercise of grace in us, but upon the fullness of… — John Newton Copy Share Image
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of… — Eugene Kennedy Copy Share Image
The life of men and women is so cheap and property is so sacred. There are so many of us for one… — Rose Schneiderman Copy Share Image
“Are you afraid now?" said Gregor. "At times," she admitted. "But it is no worse than if I were in Regalia. You… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“But soon I said to myself, “The Hope I am bemoaning suffered and made me suffer much: it did not die till… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“We felt tired to our bones but anointed by life in a durable, companionable way, for at least the present moment. We… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
You must approach each test with the seriousness and passion that you would use to prepare to challenge your death. You must… — Mike Livingston Copy Share Image
Death induces the sensual person to say: Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we shall die - but this is sensuality's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Best awake and face your death like a man." "Like a man?” The lazy voice came from her right. She whirled, fingers… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“In the utter peace and stillness the world seemed holding its breath, a little apprehensively, drawing near to the fire to warm… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“But pride carries its banner to the last; and fast as it is driven from one field unfurls it in another, never… — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
“Over the vistas broke a cold gray light, such as seen in those false dawns that are neither night nor true morning,… — K.W. Jeter Copy Share Image
When you cut your life into a film - 90-some minutes of film - you end up taking snapshots and vignettes of… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
“More panic. More emergencies and disasters. Soon, emergencies fell into a sort of natural ranking: drop-everything emergencies, do-what-you-can emergencies, and you’ll just-have-to-wait… — Colin Cotterill Copy Share Image
“The messages of a prophet...affect the decisions of kings. The decisions of kings determine not just the course of nations but also… — Mesu Andrews Copy Share Image
I have made a mistake. They condemn me to death and I ask for a boy to coach me for it. A… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“A selection of quotes from The Night of Harrison Monk’s Death (Jane Hetherington's Adventures in Detection: 1) "Is this one of the… — Nina Jon Copy Share Image
Death is not an ending, but a symbol of movement along the path upon which we are all traveling. As it may… — John Denver Copy Share Image
“It wouldn’t end too quickly. The final hours passed among memories and prayers and shadows. When he called to us, we all… — R. Garcia Vazquez Copy Share Image
“The English letter ‘O’ is similar to zero (0) in appearance. Iago’s [I am Ego = ‘I’ ‘a’m e‘go’] name starts with… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
“The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I… — Leo Marks Copy Share Image
In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before… — George Wald Copy Share Image
“Livia took in the sight of her love. He fought a still, silent battle against death, but he looked pale and helpless.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Death will reflect the ultimate culmination, the crescendo of your whole life. In a condensed form, it is all that you have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why we acknowledge birthdays after death makes no sense, but I guess it’s a way to stay committed to remembering somebody. Maybe… — Renée Carlino Copy Share Image
“Divine justice pursued its course; disasters came thick on me: I was forced to pass through the valley of the shadow of… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Ronan was suddenly afraid of him. He was afraid of him in the same way that he was afraid of the night… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Thus began Outrage from liveless things; but Discord first Daughter of Sin, among th' irrational, Death introduc'd through fierce antipathie: Beast now… — John Milton Copy Share Image
As a survival-happy species, our successes are calculated in the number of years we have extended our lives, with the reduction of… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
O Nanak, the worldly achievements and glory is worthy of being burnt in the fire if it causes one to forget God.… — Guru Angad Copy Share Image
Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
“At such times I felt instinctively that a life and death struggle was going on inside me in which I, the owner… — Gopi Krishna Copy Share Image
“Grief is a kick in the chest. It steals your breath, hits you so hard you think you’ll never stand back up… — Julie Johnson Copy Share Image