I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“The men and women on death row have some combination of bad genes, bad parents, bad environments, and bad ideas (and the… — Sam Harris 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
“Conflict forces one to better oneself. It forces change, growth, adaption, evolution… or death.” — Yuthura Ban Copy Share Image
It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That's when it happens. The moment of death is full of heat and sound and pain bigger than anything, a funnel of… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In whatever guise - our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Death of the spirit is the cessation of its communication with God. Death of the body is the cutting off of communication… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
Sometimes too much tolerance can kill you. If you are tolerant of people poisoning themselves to death they will drag you down.… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A direful death indeed they had That would put any parent mad But she was more than usual calm She did not… — Marjorie Fleming Copy Share Image
“If Jem dies, I cannot be with Tessa," said Will. "Because it will be as if I were waiting for him to… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
They say death comes like a thief in the night, where is he? I'll hug his neck. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
I understand people who say, 'There is no Queen without Freddie. Just leave it be.' Because that's what we felt, following his… — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
We turn to literature to remedy the loss, to impose some kind of meaningful order on the nonsequential. — Wendy Lesser Copy Share Image
If you can die, you are confused because death is a perception of something ending and something else obviously beginning, which means… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Didn’t dying in the end mean being separated from other humans, after all, from the sea of human gaits, gestures, noises, and… — Anuk Arudpragasam Copy Share Image
“LIFE FOLLOWS DEATH AND DEATH FOLLOWS LIFE BUT NEVER IN THE SAME PLACE OR TIME SO THE ONLY WAY TO YOU CAN… — Grace Lynn Lewis Copy Share Image
“Then He who loves me drew me very near Him, and there in the stillness he reminded me about the time He… — Diana Morgan Copy Share Image
I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I… — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
My troubles are many They're deep as a well I swear there ain't no Heaven And I pray there ain't no hell… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
Would that death were like this. Would that one would sleep and sleep and sleep forever. — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
“The likelihood that Jews would be sent to their deaths depended upon the durability of institutions of state sovereignty and the continuity… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“I have loved you with all my life, and you've agreed to be my loving wife. Now I'll forever cherish our vows… — Alon Calinao Dy Copy Share Image
LIFE asked DEATH Life: Death, why do people love me, but hate you? Death: because you are a beautiful LIE, and I… — Jessica Heart Copy Share Image
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
I believe we recover from loss by facing the loss, grieving, going deep inside ourselves (hopefully with a guide) and re-emerging to… — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
What kind of man would live a life without daring? Is life so sweet that we should criticize men that seek adventure?… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“So what's the big picture about our lust for sex? We're not trying to acquire something. We want to feel something: Alive.… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
