“They were handsome, proper and normal family fathers who built the concentration camps and whipped the prisoners to death. And who was… — Jens Bjørneboe Copy Share Image
“The only certainty life contains is death.’ Patricia Briggs. ‘A man on a date wonders if he’ll get lucky. The woman already… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
“Keep a woman broke, keep her under control. Give her just enough to get by. She won’t starve to death, but she’ll… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
“Something else changed when querinalo changed. Our immortality began to become—it is difficult to explain. None of us began to age, nor… — Jane Lindskold Copy Share Image
“To die, - To sleep, - To sleep! Perchance to dream: - ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“ War ," Beranabus murmurs, face crinkling. "Most humans know nothing of true warfare. They wage their silly territorial battles, kill each… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
As I thought of these things, I drew aside the curtains and looked out into the darkness, and it seemed to my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are. We believe in a… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Shall we who have heard the cries and seen the agony of dying women respect the law which has caused their deaths?… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Consider the generosity of our Savior: what He acquired by dying becomes ours by eating. As often as we receive this Sacrament… — Louis of Granada Copy Share Image
I had mixed feelings when the entire country was celebrating the death of Pablo Escobar and even Bill Clinton was congratulating the… — Virginia Vallejo Copy Share Image
Even as a child I was fascinated by death, not in a spiritual sense, but in an aesthetic one. A hamster or… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts… — Salvatore Quasimodo Copy Share Image
The part that always shocked me was the inter-community violence among the chimps: the patrols and the vicious attacks on strangers that… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Well, let's take what people think is a dignified death. Christ - was that a dignified death? Do you think it's dignified… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
For myself, I have but little confidence in any business, or enterprise, or investment, that promises dividends only after the death of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
People go through challenging moments of losing people and of having their life threatened from illness and real grief. But they get… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“Live because you're dying. Tomorrow is no more guaranteed than the next hour. No minute is minuscule; every second is a new… — Bron Dayvid Copy Share Image
Step on they necks 'til they cant breathe. Claim they five stars but sell you dreams. They say death multiplies by threes.… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
“We have seen, therefore, that I am not allowed even to *assume*, for the sake of the necessary practical use of my… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
If condoms and potentially microbicides can prevent millions of deaths [from AIDS], they should be made more widely available. I know that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What is it about immortality? With the right sword and shield, we think we can fend off anger, fear, and hatred. If… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
I appreciate our government's determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Bytyqi brothers, which Serbia's Interior Minister has rightly… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Once upon a time we were all born, popped out like jelly rolls forgetting our fishdom, the pleasuring seas, the country of… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I'm happy unless I'm not happy. And I think this is the thing with grief, there is no rhyme or reason to… — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
“But the death of spirit goes by another name. It is usually called the birth of reason. The dreams of reason are,… — Ed Lawrence Copy Share Image
Every moment gives birth to the next moment and influences it. Getting out of that chain of perpetual being is getting off… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“had in store for him. Death was dodged, shirked, and outwitted daily. And still, death found them. Ciro understood why they needed… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Once the writer was at the deathbed of a fellow writer. What interested his dying colleague more than anything else was what… — Peter Handke Copy Share Image
did you not call this a glorious expedition? and wherefore was it glorious? not because the way was smooth and placid as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I was still asleep; distracted in my idyll with death. She wouldn’t let me go… my lover… my accomplice into nothingness. The… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
“I can't kill myself, I thought. I'm too insignificant. I'm nothing. I'm a thumbprint on the first-floor window of a skyscraper, a… — Rex Pickett Copy Share Image
The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' name. And that is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think one year I was responsible for 163 screen deaths. That was a pretty good year for me, although it seems… — Anthony Zerbe Copy Share Image
I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In action, in desire, we must submit perpetually to the tyranny of outside forces; but in thought, in aspiration, we are free,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“A large part of the task is helping people negotiate the overwhelming anxiety—anxiety about death, anxiety about suffering, anxiety about loved ones,… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image