“Opulence and fame will shorten your life, ask for long life, and you'll enjoy the former in small quantities, for it is… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
A real man is the one who fears the death of his heart, not his body. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
So much of the literature we had to read for high school English class was filled with victimized, tragic, symbolic women who… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“We Love the Illusion of Birthdays every year but ignore the Reality Death. If death ends the story absolutely it is unreasonable… — Ajay Chandan Copy Share Image
“His first thought as he stared death in the face was that he was never going to meet his daughter. At least… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“Death is the great leveler of mankind, which swallows up all distinctions which has taken place in life, puts both rulers and… — Moses Mather Copy Share Image
“For present-day politicians there are only political points to be made from such statements, and the larger the sin the larger the… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
“There had been many such experiments when he worked in South Africa, in Vlakplaas, a notorious apartheid death camp.” — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“I couldn't work out what she actually wanted. Whether being dead happened in a pretty box on Welsh Street or someplace else,… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
For man, maximum excitement is the confrontation of death and the skillful defiance of it by watching others fed to it as… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“When I was drunk I wanted to get sober and when I was sober I wanted to get drunk,' John L. says;… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The spirit, if it could be seen with mortal eyes, would appear in bodily shape like a full-grown person with individual endowments… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
“When things are beautiful on the surface it is hard to imagine that dying is appropriate for them.” — Tessie Regan Copy Share Image
The true office of any faith is to give life a meaning which death cannot destroy. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The griefs that have been hardest for me were the ones I didn’t recognize as griefs, because they came in what were… — Anna White Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is? — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live.… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“After they hatch, they can get distracted by bright and artificial lights and instead of meeting their destiny, they are lured to… — Natasha Boyd Copy Share Image
Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If you believe in Odin and Thor, people laugh themselves to death. While it's okay to believe in a man who turned… — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
“Why see death as a hangman when it is truer to see it as a harvester leveling the earth with its scythe?… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“Surrender," the Prince said. "It will not happen." "SURRENDER!" the Prince shouted. "DEATH FIRST!” — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“There was a zombie at my back door. Its eyes swung up, and they were blue, the whites already clouding with the… — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“The death is born when life is born. The moment I was born was also the first moment or first step of… — Shankar Lamichhane Copy Share Image
“You know, Grace, it's queer but I don't feel narrow. I feel broad. How can I explain it to you, so you… — Bess Streeter Aldrich Copy Share Image
“All of life is relationship. We relate to people, things, and ideas, and our actions reflect the tone and substance of each… — John McAfee Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t take long, working homicide, to discover that most people suffering from grief can’t answer that question without telling a lie… — Tyler Dilts Copy Share Image
Loss has been part of my journey, but it also taught me what was precious — Message In A Bottle Copy Share Image
“Why?" I asked. He knew what I meant, and shrugged. "Because when the legends get written, I didn't want to be remembered… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“Upon the shores of death I have been told there is a place between the tides where time and pain do not… — Frederick Anderson Copy Share Image