“Everyone we love is dying. Still, to cease living is unacceptable.” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign. — James A. Owen Copy Share Image
“[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that… — Pericles Copy Share Image
“Only death will take me away from you, vampire girl," he whispered. "And even then, I'll watch over you from wherever I… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
“People live, and then they die, and as long as they do both things properly, there's nothing much to regret.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Economic losses like this are really as serious a problem as embezzlement and corruption. — Li Jinhua Copy Share Image
“Pain can kill, all on its own: the body goes into shock and shuts down.” — Teri Terry Copy Share Image
“Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker… — A.E. Housman Copy Share Image
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Mother Teresa said: "The dying, the crippled, the mentally ill, the unwanted, the unloved - they are JESUS IN DISGUISE...” — Tom Davis Copy Share Image
We do not know the hour, the minute nor the day that our eyes will forever close, and our hearts forever stilled.… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to… — Virginia Henderson Copy Share Image
“The death of this honorable man upon this battlefield leaves all of us the poorer for his loss, yet so much the… — Walter C. Conner Copy Share Image
“In actuality, it was like the homes of all people who are not really rich but who want to look rich, and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
With my mother's death all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“When we allow the walls around our hearts to become rigid, and stay that way, we assign ourselves a slow death. Like… — Jeffrey R. Anderson Copy Share Image
We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“How much nonsense can we take in our lives? And is there any way we can escape it? No, there is not.… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image