“I'm not sure I would put it that way. When we get over something, we move on, we put it behind us.… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“Lila is right, one writes not so much to write, one writes to inflict pain on those who wish to inflict pain.… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I started Friends of Finn to raise money and awareness about the issue of puppy mills, which are illegal breeding facilities where… — Amanda Hearst Copy Share Image
When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“In the sense, that is, that the author who created us alive no longer wished, or was no longer able, materially to… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
“By taking a few moments to “die on purpose” to the rush of time while you are still living, you free yourself… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The two most sacred documents known to man are the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. Better that a whole generation of… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Death is like the setting of the sun. The sun never sets; life never ceases. ... we think the sun sets, and… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
What I'm afraid of the most about dying is not the act itself but rather forgetting that which I learned and that… — Kalyani Rajalingham Copy Share Image
“He wondered how Nathan felt about the killing. Granted that Richard had struck Bobby with the chisel, nevertheless, he asked, how had… — Simon Baatz Copy Share Image
A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“Once a rebel, always a rebel. You can't help being one. You can't deny that. And it's best to be a rebel… — Alan Sillitoe Copy Share Image
“...you'll find that God often chooses to speak through the dying and the insane...A healthy person might be apt to filter the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Looking after imperfect, messy, really existing mortal beings is much more demanding - not to mention playful, intellectually interesting and emotionally satisfying… — Eben Kirksey Copy Share Image
“Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's… — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
“Suicide. This is the exact opposite of last time, for this time I'm experiencing a kind of pleasure in life, in being… — Qiu Miaojin Copy Share Image
If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves,… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
“Ladies and Gentlemen! Silence please!" Every one was startled. They looked round-at each other, at the walls. Who was speaking? The Voice… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“You don’t seek permanency where it cannot be found: in the world of form, of gain and loss, birth and death. You… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The fact that some people are not as able to communicate concerns about their care must never mean that any less attention… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
“Biological death is only a mechanical problem, it can be solved and man can live millions of years! Do not believe in… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“A marriage which does not constantly crucify its own selfishness and self-sufficiency, which does not ‘die to itself’ that it may point… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some other variety of infirmity is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...All who ever died, live; they are reborn and have no end, nor will there ever be an end. All, save you.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“I could remember a half-dozen incidents in which I'd come much closer to death, but I could never recall any past moronic… — Dean Jones Copy Share Image
One leaf left on a branch and not a sound of sadness or despair. One leaf left on a branch and no… — David Ignatow Copy Share Image
“ Latro, California: "Terrible diarrhea, Doctor, and I feel so weak!" "Take these pills and come back in three days if you're… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“You are so high in the tree. If you jump you will live a full life while falling. You will get married… — Zachary Schomburg Copy Share Image
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“In order to console himself, man created a dream of another world where there is no death, and for that dream he… — Alexander Schmemann Copy Share Image
“Why is it we must suffer the loss of something so dear before we realize what a treasure we had? Why must… — Richelle Goodrich Copy Share Image
“She said, "What do you think the punishment is for what we are doing?" "Death, maybe life in prison." He replied. "Awesome!"… — Clarrissa Lee Moon Copy Share Image
My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I believe that I would not have smoked had I seen a label on a cigarette package or in a cigarette ad… — Amanda Blake Copy Share Image
“The world where you would go hand in hand with the flower maiden has neither perfect happiness nor joy nor life. This… — Keiko Nobumoto Copy Share Image
The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Jesus came not only to save spirits from damnation. That would have been, at most, a partial victory. No, he came to… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
“In idyllic small towns I sometimes see teenagers looking out of place in their garb of desperation, the leftover tatters and stains… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
