“As proof of her faith, my mother used to carry a samll leatherette Bible when she went to the First Chinese Baptist… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
When we have discovered a continent, or crossed a chain of mountains, it is only to find another ocean or another plain… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“if love only belongs to the life, why life is so short and death feels more timeless and completely separates our closeness?… — Aditia Rinaldi Copy Share Image
“Walking the road of life going from one station to the next, picking up passengers, and dropping them off, until I reach… — Jason Medina Copy Share Image
If you deny mystery-even in the guise of death-then you deny life, and you will walk like a ghost through your days,… — Lucius Shepard Copy Share Image
“Any self-defense situation has the potential to quickly become A 'life and death' situation, therefore your practice of martial arts should be… — Soke Behzad Ahmadi Copy Share Image
I don't expect to live forever, nor do I repine over that, but I am weak enough to want to be remembered… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“With the smell of beer I try to get the smell of death off me. And only the smell of death will… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I watched 'Kojak' religiously with my father. It was a great bonding time. He loved shows where the stakes were high. Life… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“I'm freezing," moaned Isabella. "I shall freeze to death ." "Cheer up, my southern flower." Jake hauled on the oars. "This was… — Gabriella Poole Copy Share Image
If it turns out that physical death truly results in the absolute cessation of consciousness, then it would seem to me that… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him; and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Normally we do not like to think about death. We would rather think about life. Why reflect on death? When you start… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which… — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“The status quo is not your friend; in a competitive, down economy, the absence of change means death. Those who coast with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had hated these ponies for the part they played in my father's death but now I realized the notion was fanciful,… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“It was a good death. A very good death. She closed her eyes, and an hour later she gasped twice and let… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“Now there's something else I know. You might not think you're grieving, but grief comes in all sorts of ways. There's the… — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Will you joust today, my lord?” she asked him. Clegane’s voice was thick with contempt. “Wouldn’t be worth the bother of arming… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Blow on, ye death fraught whirlwinds! blow, Around the rocks, and rifted caves; Ye demons of the gulf below! I hear you,… — Anne Bannerman Copy Share Image
“Please watch "Arctic Death Spiral and the Methane Time Bomb" which can be found on YouTube. It summarizes perfectly what is bound… — Mathijs Beckers Copy Share Image
Personally, I've always thought dying on vacation was the better way to go . . . I do have certain requests about… — Craig Wilson Copy Share Image
I feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those… — William Holden Copy Share Image
“And you don't even know my family. We're like rabies, we fester, make you go crazy, and most of the time, my… — Inda Herwood Copy Share Image
“How terrible," said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you." Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Let us ban together to invent all the miracles and resurrection appearances which we never saw and le us carry the sham… — Eusebius Copy Share Image
I feel as if one would only discover on one's death-bed what one ought to have lived for, and realise too late… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is this with… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
