“This doctrine of forgiveness of sin is a premium on crime. 'Forgive us our sins' means "Let us continue in our iniquity."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why?" he asked instead. "Why do such things when my death would have benefited you far more?" Yhalen bent over his knees,… — P.L. Nunn Copy Share Image
Humans are ignorant. We never need to make huge life or death decisions. And those who do, are ignored by others. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hamlet is to Macbeth somewhat as the Ghost is to the Witches. Revenge, or ambition, in its inception may have a lofty,… — Harold Clarke Goddard Copy Share Image
It is surely time, I fire up my Lego Rocket Ship, and return, to the place I came from, a World, on… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
We who are left, how shall we look again Happily on the sun or feel the rain Without remembering how they who… — Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Copy Share Image
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“The Skeleton Chattering finch and water-fly Are not merrier than I; Here among the flowers I lie Laughing everlastingly. No: I may… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened —that, surely,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable,… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
Death--a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“No one understands me but I am cool with that. I was different from others. I knew this from when I was… — Jewel_louise Copy Share Image
Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time… — Darren Boyd Copy Share Image
“Death comes after a short or long period of time some times it can be just hours some times years,but when the… — Dinesh Copy Share Image
“The law basically states that deadly force, or the threat of using deadly force shall be used only if you reasonably believe… — Jon Gutmacher Copy Share Image
I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
“There were corpses here and there and pools of blood. I remember seeing a butterfly flutter up and down that street. Summer… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“I found it idiotically distressing that a sharp finger whistle could no longer summon them outdoors into a playful twilight. An ancient… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
There was a moment when I was getting death threats and bullshit via the Internet, so I was being a little more… — Jay Reatard Copy Share Image
Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein, influenced by fascism, ordered the deaths of tens of thousands of people, fought two disastrous wars, turned his nation into… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“If I beat my grandmother to death to-morrow in the middle of Battersea Park, you may be perfectly certain that people will… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Death, which, by its very nature, is the end, the destruction of every communication, is changed by him into an act of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware… — Cyrano de Bergerac Copy Share Image
Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Our fear is free-floating. We’re afraid this isn’t the right relationship or we’re afraid it is. We’re afraid they won’t like us… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
It is great fun dying in the United States of America. It is great fun first of all for the undertakers who… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
“The deaths, well, they did stack up, one after another. Kind of hard not to take them personally. Did I blame myself?… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
“The Katha consistently lays stress on several practical themes of the spiritual life: that a spiritual teacher is essential; that in all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“From Laurie Colwin: Lovely writing! About grief she writes: "I realized that grief is metabolic: it crawls through you like a disease… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
“Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we are… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Failing at something is one thing, but Buddhism tells us that it is up to us how we interpret that failure [Buddhism]… — Jonny Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“He did not know why he was doing it, why he was approaching the dying man: He did not know what he… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The post-assassination Lincoln took on a greatly amplified importance to much of the American public, probably the president most deeply reviled in… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Donald's monstrosity is the manifestation of the very weakness within him that he's been running from his entire life. For him, there… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
“The stability I had previously taken for granted was replaced by the pain that arrived when you learn that and you love… — Marisa Renee Lee Copy Share Image