“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapour,… — Johann Joachim Becher Copy Share Image
“For some death is an art, for others it is merely an inevitability.” — Sadie S. Forsythe Copy Share Image
Living creatures possess a moving soul and a certain spiritual superiority which in this respect make them similar to those who possess… — Nahmanides Copy Share Image
“One doesn’t cling anxiously to life, but neither does one throw it lightly away. One is content with measured time and does… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which… — Steve Kangas Copy Share Image
“We love because we can lose. If there was no threat of separation, no death to shake us to our core, we… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“When I’m struggling with the fear of my own death, or with grief over the death of someone I love, what comforts… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
Meditation is a refocusing on symbols. It's not emptiness. We are using symbols, doorways to step from one world to another, from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Time goes by so fast. Nothin' can outrun it. Death commences too early--almost before you're half-acquainted with life--you meet the other. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“Bob,” she said, “offerings burned in the mortal world appear on this altar, right?” Bob frowned uncomfortably, like he wasn’t ready for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Promising to bring home a feed of fish is the absolute kiss of death to any chances of catching anything but a… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
Germans argue with the Americans about many things, from the death penalty to the relationship between security and freedom. We have to… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
“I click on the deaths and read the names carefully, memorising them. Because here’s the simple truth—if I hadn’t taken the ship… — Beth Revis Copy Share Image
It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
What will be the final straw that finally forces Congress to at least open up formal debate - let alone introduce a… — Patrick Murphy Copy Share Image
The foolish rush to end their lives. Only the steadfast soul survives. — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break… — John Green Copy Share Image
“I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Kira: “Why did Sei choose death? Was it simply to end his pain? Or…No matter what shape he was in or how… — Fuyumi Soryo Copy Share Image
My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in dreams there are visions of the past. For that reason Alice Prentice had always welcomed sleep, but she suffered an… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
“It is astonishing how much worse one mosquito can be than a swarm. A swarm can be prepared against, but one mosquito… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He… — Mike D Copy Share Image
If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
They don't call it the Wall of Death for nothing. The biggest risk is crashing off the top. That's when it gets… — Guy Martin Copy Share Image
“Think of the great poetry, the music and dance and ritual that spring forth from our aspiring to a life beyond death.… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Now I felt the long-forgotten urgency of lovemaking, when it seems one's human selves leave, to be replaced by hungry beasts bolting… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
“It’ll take more than a tattoo to stop me from getting inside you. Death, maybe.” — Samantha Towle Copy Share Image
Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If this glorious birth to death hassle is the only hassle we are ever to have ..if our grand exhilarating fight of… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
In the high mountains and desert beings can affect you. Most aren't malicious, but some will lure you to your death. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Emptiness gnawed at Emma. Could she> face death without fear? If she were to show up at heaven's door tomorrow, would God… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
We figure out what death means when we're born, practically, and we live our whole lives in some kind of weird denial… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
