I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
...The task is overwhelming, and the chance is slight. We must take the chance or die. — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“It felt as if Death was lurking about in my soul, searching for something to feed on.” — Brett Biaggio Copy Share Image
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“We are a handful of dust in God’s image Before we return again to dusty grave Life isn’t a war, it’s a… — Justin Wetch Copy Share Image
When I have fears that I may ceace to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teaming brain". — John Keats Copy Share Image
“because a surfeit of sexual activity at an early age was believed to lead to an early death.” — Sylvia Barbara Soberton Copy Share Image
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
“I never want to put my whole world in any one person’s hands again, Jason. If they die, I won’t die with… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Everyone’s talking about the death and disappearance of the book as a format and an object. I don’t think that will happen.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“The coldest most rational scientific madness is also the most intolerable. But when a man has acquired a certain ability to subsist,… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
“It is conceivable that the psychological and physical benefits of volunteering eventuate in longer life. Two recent studies found that among community-dwelling… — Christopher Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Four girls about Mira's age were standing out on the deck on the upper level of the ferry. They were wearing hoodies,… — Mark Gluth Copy Share Image
“Jealousy is a mortal emotion. One that means I feel I have something to lose--something that, if gone, will tear away a… — Jackson Pearce Copy Share Image
We knew that Father was loved in Orissa. But the ocean of emotion that greeted us on his death was an eye-opener. — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image
“The king that "never dies" here has been replaced by the king that always dies, and suffers death more cruelly than other… — Ernst Kantorowicz Copy Share Image
The guy's life drunk, I think, makes Candide look like a sourpuss. Does he even know that death exists? — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
“Every now and then when I Long for death to ease my pain Long for death but do not die But live… — Mohamed Hazem Copy Share Image
“How many losses does it take to stop a heart, to lay waste to the vocabularies of desire?” — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event. [a cynical but perhaps fair assessment] — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Your motivation has to be rock solid. You have to want it so bad that even th threat of death won't take… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death — John Keats Copy Share Image
It's not possible to put into words the sense of loss and grief that comes to a family that loses one of… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death. — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time. — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
“...but now, driving past the billboard I realized that losing everything is death. A death that I crave and I don't want… — Kate Bolick Copy Share Image
Consumption is the death of capital, and the only valid arguments in favor of consumption are arguments in favor of death itself. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“What? Why are you making the glee nose? The death of my world is funny? The final vengeance of my people? I… — Jackson Lanzing Copy Share Image
Are slowly approaching death every moment / I know it is real life but still want to remain anonymous — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“I've never believed in living for the ones you love. I believe in the power of death, I'd die for the ones… — Anna Van Breugel Copy Share Image
Many strife and few archive, in God we trust but if you believe eternal life that you received, if you die your… — Johcaine Copy Share Image
Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses. — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Love endures everything, love is stronger than death, love fears nothing. — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are… — Jeanne Moreau Copy Share Image