“Now for my pains, promise me-“ And she hesitated. “What?” asked Marius. “Promise me!” “I promise you.” “Promise to kiss me on… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
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“In The Future of an Illusion, Freud made the obvious point that religion suffered from one incurable deficiency: it was too clearly… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
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After the death of the sadistic dictator Gen. Sanni Abacha in 1998, Nigeria underwent a one-year transitional military administration headed by Gen.… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Art and the triumph of the human spirit - the two combined thrill me. It's the "Braveheart" moment, the stuff Joseph Campbell… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
Hardships can deprive mortals of the power to ACT. But at the same time, hardships can be the means of eternal growth… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“By my soul! I would rather have a dry death," quoth Sir Oliver. "Though, Mort Dieu! I have eaten so many fish… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“It is unfair of me to say so, but the slogan Booth shouted from the stage of Ford's Theatre, the over-blown, self-important,… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
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The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced… — Monica Potter Copy Share Image
The hand that unnerved Belshazzar derived its most horrifying influence from the want of a body, and death itself is not formidable… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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When you hear that my body has ceased to exist, please do not feel sad. Just look deeply and see that my… — Chan Khong Copy Share Image
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth:… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
The first time I took my daughters to the ocean - and I love the ocean but where we swim is very… — Samantha Hunt Copy Share Image
Suicide is callling wondering what I will do to myself suicide is calling wondering if I will hang myself suicide is calling… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by… — Charles Bowers Copy Share Image
“Death’s precipice, whether first glimpsed from afar or discovered with the next step, was ever a surprise. A promise of the sudden… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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“possible topics around which the currents of speech may flow: Death and the danger of death: violence, fighting, sickness, fear, dreams, premonitions… — William Labov Copy Share Image
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In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“Liar! I know that you humans build your life in lies. It starts with your mortal lords and their fabricated gods. They… — H.S. Crow Copy Share Image
The doctrine of pre-existence pours a wonderful flood of light upon the otherwise mysterious problem of man's origin. It shows that man,… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
“I want a book that acknowledges that life goes on but that death goes on, too, that a person who is dead… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
Deep down, noone really believes they have right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty… — Aldyna Threesya Copy Share Image
I'm witnessing the problems that the federal government is passing down in terms of drones, in violation of our civil liberties, spying… — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
Associated with this weight gain are increased risks in adulthood for joint problems, angina, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, type 2… — Jeff Schweitzer Copy Share Image
L. Ram Saran Das was sentenced to death in 1915, and the sentence was later commuted to life transportation. Today myself, sitting… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
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