“I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
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Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
My name is Cassie Palmer and I’ve cheated death more times than anyone has a right to expect. In the last two… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives… — Gerald Lawson Sittser Copy Share Image
“To imagine a new world is to live it daily, each thought, each glance, each step, each gesture killing and re-creating, death… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“I was just walking around saying “We’re all gonna die!” I never got over it. I went to class, I did what… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before I turn away--it is the hour of fate, And… — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
“Tony's concern disintegrated. He could not understand C.J.'s determination to court death on a daily basis. Or maybe he did understand, and… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
“I learned that dying is just a part of our journey of life. We are all on this journey and dying is… — Joyce Hutchinson Copy Share Image
It must be said in addition that the men with the most scrupulous respect for embryonic life are also those who are… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
At that moment I had a thrilling sharp intuition. I knew it as if I held it in my hands: In the… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
“Are you ready to be rejoined for all time with your fellow gods? Oh yes, she explained, For not only was he… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
I used to be afraid of two things - being alone and not being able to write. Since Albert's death, I don't… — Hans-Uwe Bauer Copy Share Image
“MOM Wholeheartedly, She loved me- And inspired me- With transcending devotion. It was a blessing- To have been her son, To have… — Giorge Leedy Copy Share Image
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“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Because we both know the tide’s turning. The decent people in this country are sick to death of being held hostage by… — Mick Herron Copy Share Image
When you lose someone, the world still turns, the stars still shine and the wheels of time move inexorably on...but somewhere deep… — Sunita Sharma Copy Share Image
“Then, the sea fell, and the dying voice made another feeble effort, and then the sea rose high, and beat its life… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
“Being partially to blame for your own therapist's death is a tough thing to deal with, especially because you don't have a… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
She was a dead girl having the worst panic attack shed ever had. Not because she was afraid of dying, but because… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
“A sense of panic ensued, but panic is like fresh air. The world falls out from under us and we fly, we… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“There is a 'movement' of meditation, expressing the basic 'paschal' rhythm of the Christian life, the passage from death to life in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“No matter how much I love you, I can't become you and you can't be me. Until death, we will remain as… — Eda Yuuri Copy Share Image
Death's power is limited -- It cannot eradicate memories Or slay love It cannot destroy even a threadbare faith Or permanently hobble… — Donna VanLiere Copy Share Image
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“My body is a political battlefield. It is a place of war, of death and suffering, of triumph and victory, of damage… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Indeed, analyst Robert Bak calls orgasm "the perfect promise between love and death," the means by which we repatriate separation of mother… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
“The universal hero myth always refers to a powerful man or god-man who vanquishes evil in the form of drag- ons, serpents,… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
“They are such thin things, these lives of ours; cheap got, cheap lost, mere flickers against the ever dark, brief shadows on… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image