“The Orphic symbols center on the singing god who lives to defeat death and who liberates nature, so that the constrained and… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
And to kill time while awaiting death, I smoke slender cigarettes thumbing my nose to the gods. — Jules Laforgue Copy Share Image
“You are so young, Lyra, too young to understand this, but I shall tell you anyway and you'll understand it later: men… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“I look back to where my life had been. It's always risky to think of letting go. That's why this is the… — Loretta Ellsworth Copy Share Image
“In the years after the death of Petrus, Hillegond had refused all offers of marriage, certain that her knowledge of men, despite… — William Kennedy Copy Share Image
We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking. That this happens is a matter of record. But the blame is… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
After that I could never pass a dead man without stopping to gaze on his face, stripped by death of that earthly… — Ernst Toller Copy Share Image
The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
We know that death never skips or spares anybody and that no one ever returns. And yet we go on like the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“An English man-at-arms had his helmet split open and his skull with it, so that he rode wavering from the fight, blood… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I thought that we all were afraid of death, but I've talked to my wife and other people, and they're not afraid… — Dan Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
You'll find it-when you try to die- The Easier to let go- For recollecting such as went- You could not spare-you know. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“I don't like raw tomatoes. And I thought I'd skip the onions so I could make out with the sexiest man alive… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“There's a distinction between telling death reinforce the meaning of life and "living every day as if it were your last." No… — Allan Hamilton Copy Share Image
After the briskness of loving, loving stops. And you roll over with death stretched out alongside you like a feather boa, or… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
The journey begins when we are born. The destination is death. So the journey is far superior to the destination. Dont sell… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you do it to save face, thought Jerry, other times you just do it because you haven't done your job unless… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
Im from Texas. In Texas we have the death penalty and we USE IT! Thats right¦ if you come to Texas and… — Ron White Copy Share Image
“Run while you have the light of life, that the darkness of death may overtake you not." (Rule of St. Benedict))” — Frances Greenslade Copy Share Image
“Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the… — Carsten Jensen Copy Share Image
It is life that fights and struggles and rages; life, that tears at you in its last agonizing throes to hold on,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“...afflictions arise from identifying with a false sense of self, whereas great contentment arises from seeing the true nature of things. If… — Karma Lekshe Tsomo Copy Share Image
“I believe love conquers hate, faith overcomes despair, and that life is stronger than death." Wickedly They Come” — Cathrina Constantine Copy Share Image
What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause? — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
“three a.m.! The blood moves slow. You're the nearest to dead you'll ever be save dying.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“I think first of the children. What the hell am I supposed to tell them? Then I think about money, the house,… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
Comforting someone when they were stricken with loss was something else. It meant commitment. It meant caring. It meant you wanted to… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher's last words were "Now comes the mystery." The poet Dylan Thomas, who liked a good drink at… — John Green Copy Share Image
I don't want to live forever through my work. I want to live forever by not dying. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image