What a nasty act of cruelty, giving a dying man his last wish. Don't you realize he doesn't want it? His real… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I live in New York, and the only live animals you see are cockroaches, rats and pigeons, which I admire immensely. When… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom? — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a… — Susan Ertz Copy Share Image
The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
if death becomes cheap it is the watcher, not the dying, who is poisoned. — Enid Bagnold Copy Share Image
“That is what dying is: a pull to the ground. I am thin as a shadow, yet clotted as dough, my blood… — Sonya Hartnett Copy Share Image
I have no problem with two teams claiming to be national champions at the end of the year. But that's our society.… — Kirk Ferentz Copy Share Image
“Hospice care? No, you must mean Frisbee game. Because there's no way my brother and I aren't outside right now playing Frisbee… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“If it had been a heart attack, the newspaper might have used the word massive , as if a mountain range had… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Through winter-time we call on spring, And through the spring on summer call, And when the abounding hedges ring Declare that winter's… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The weak grey light that serves as harbinger of red and golden dawn faintly lit my window. I fumbled for a candle,… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
“I discovered that people are not really afraid of dying; they're afraid of not ever having lived, nor ever having deeply considered… — Joseph Jaworski Copy Share Image
Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in… — Lawrence Korb Copy Share Image
Allen's [Gisberg] loyalty to his friends was extraordinary. And as he was dying he was calling people: "What can I do for… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived… — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral… — Ian Bannen Copy Share Image
I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time. — Ben Stiller 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
It should come as no surprise that writers take an interest in punctuation. I have been told that the dying words of… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment. — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
there's time for laughing and there's time for crying— for hoping for despair for peace for longing —a time for growing and… — e. e. cummings Copy Share Image
I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like her [Mary], let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Everyone has experienced alienation - at some point you go through a moment where you say: "I just want to be left… — Tobias Segal Copy Share Image
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated! — Ryan North Copy Share Image
If two or three hundred years from now an earthbound civilization is dying ... and they look back at the opportunity that… — Paul Levinson Copy Share Image