“If the whole world seems like it's against you, it helps to know that you've still got home. A safe place. It… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Trout's favorite formula was to describe a perfectly hideous society, not unlike his own, and then, toward the end, to suggest ways… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
For me as a writer, it was understanding that we're so far behind in our way of dealing with death. We put… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“Birth and death," Chet said. "The poles of human existence. We're like meridians, all beginning and ending in the same place. We… — Neal Stephenson 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
The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Yes. We both have a bad feeling. Tonight we shall take our bad feelings and share them, and face them. We shall… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said… — Brendan Behan Copy Share Image
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual -… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“Sam's Place had never felt so empty. He suspected the emptiness was not in the old Quonset hut; it was in him.… — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
“(At Mark and Linda’s, Joaquin had adapted to eating vegetables at every meal. Broccoli and spinach were fine; brussels sprouts were death,… — Robin Benway Copy Share Image
“It may remain for us to learn… that our task is only beginning, and that there will never be given to us… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
People who have never come close to seeking death don't understand its promise to an end of life's struggles. They dont understand… — Mary Beth Miller Copy Share Image
“The memory of his childhood suddenly grew dim. He tried to call forth some of its vivid moments but could not. He… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Death has no sting to a Believer. Once death was the penalty of sin-sin being forgiven, the penalty ceases and Christians do… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it is not impossible that I may continue… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The whole motley confusion of acts, omissions, regrets and hopes which is the life of each one of us finds in death,… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“Anyway, she thinks we're going to be all right. Like she says, a positive attitude is ninety-seven percent of the battle." This… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“I very much like Kristin Cashore's books. I like Catherine Fisher's Incarceron ; it may be a bit more complicated then the… — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
“When life comes knockin', it's the heartbroken doo-wop singer who understands regret and the price of loving, the hard-living soul man who… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I don't think most of my opinions, political or social, are so far outside of the mainstream that they'd cause massive outrage… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“He and Onno had once come to the conclusion that you had to decide for yourself whether after your death you wanted… — Harry Mulisch Copy Share Image
“Face it, George – unlike cholera, death is the only disease everyone is guaranteed to get.’ Heath nodded slowly. ‘But usually only… — Nigel Holloway Copy Share Image
“Almost all official statistics and policy documents on wages, income, gross domestic product (GDP), crime, unemployment rates, innovation rates, cost of living… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
“How did your mother die?” asked Delk. “Car accident,” Katie replied, gazing out over the water. “She’d been to mass. A tire… — Suzanne Supplee Copy Share Image
“A woman sees herself dying, in these cases not at the actual moment of death but months, sometimes years before, when death… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
“You think whatever is wrong with you is contagious, then?' She laughed again. 'Yes, but you have it already. You caught it… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“The desire to commit suicide, however, has at its base a belief that life cannot or will not improve. Although that may… — Marsha M. Linehan Copy Share Image
Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound… — David Carradine Copy Share Image
“Maybe this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, mothering, family, faith, patience, prayer. My degree will be… — Christina G. Hibbert Psy.D Copy Share Image
I finally knew... why Christ's prayer in the garden could not be granted. He had been seeded and birthed into human flesh.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray… — Louis XVI of France Copy Share Image
“A black bird of guilt hovers over the death of a man, waiting to perch where it may find room in the… — Don Berry Copy Share Image
“He's no Turner Campbell, but the kiss is different than anything I've ever felt before. It's like kissing death, but in a… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“You must be a lot of fun at parties,” said Christopher. Jack smirked. “It depends on the kind of party. If there… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
For one, as I've written before, the death penalty is plainly unjust. When the number of wrongful convictions and death penalty cases… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
“It has been a week since Ami died and this morning I woke suddenly hours before dawn, indeed the same hour as… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
