I was forced to enter the basement of my soul and look directly at what was hidden there, and to choose, in… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“That night two lovers whispering under the lead canopy of the church were killed by their own passion. Their effusion of words,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think that I am responsible for the death of thousands of things and for the misery of thousands of people, just… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seemed that the human heart, this side of Eden, feared life more than death, light more than darkness, freedom more… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“For starters, there is the orgy of violence that the United States and its allies unleashed in Iraq in 2003, resulting in… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
Mountain Pine bark beetles need -37°C (-35°F) for three days to freeze to death. Unfortunately, with global warming, that no longer happens… — Mark Leiren-Young Copy Share Image
“So what did you do when death came to your house? We continued in the same way as before. What is that,… — Marion Coutts Copy Share Image
“The vision that had emerged from the invisible was returning to the invisible. It was no more an appearance that was fading… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
So the main question is not, Which humans brought about the death of Jesus but, What did the death of Jesus bring… — John Piper Copy Share Image
How incredibly avaricious the whole operation was, the way they made the Jews pay for their tickets in the railway cars to… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice,… — Eric Berne Copy Share Image
“My mother died of colon cancer one week after my eleventh birthday, and that fact has shaped my life. All that I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients’ “ease” but at the same time… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
“what I wish to tell you now you must swear to keep secret until after my death.” “I swear,” Sancho responded. “I… — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“It looked good on paper- a little blood, a little death, a small resurrection- but it usually ended in a lot of… — Bethany Lovell Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The force of a death should be enormous but how can you know what kind of man you've killed or who was… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Really, while gas is an awful thing to watch - the death is painful - to even watch these deaths - it's… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
“Fife... simply walked off by himself, into the jungle to look at all the things which would continue to exist after he… — James Jones Copy Share Image
“We, the survivors of the crossing, clung to the beast that had stolen us away. Not a soul among us had wanted… — Lawrence Hill Copy Share Image
“I imagine that anyone who goes through trauma like I have wonders the same things I do: how God can exist and… — Jessica Park Copy Share Image
“I was an atheist until I realized I was god. What happens if you get scared to death >twice. National sarcasm society:like… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
“I had no business trying to see you leave, see death arrive, I owe you an apology, an elegy, I owe you… — Bob Hicok Copy Share Image
“ There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day. But I think that everybody does. You… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
“[ When asked what he wants for his tombstone epitaph ] Since I'm an atheist, and have no belief whatsoever in life… — Richard Bartle Copy Share Image
I guess I must just be obsessed with death. Apparently you think about it a lot more as you get older. Maybe… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“It didn’t matter which side you were on. It was an empty, cavernous world in which young boys groped around in the… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There is a level of grief so deep that it stops resembling grief at all. The pain becomes so severe that the… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I would like to say yes, conditions have improved, but there is still vast room for more improvement; we are still… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
I am afraid of death. I believe nothing, and therefore like many who believe nothing I must make something, and that something… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image