--- title: "11 Illness and death Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Illness and death quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Illness and death sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/walter-willett-46177_causes_a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-pla_1586386.png" --- > [A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-willett/a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-plays-a-role-in-reducing-the/) [Walter Willett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-willett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/walter-willett-46177_causes_a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-pla_1586386.png) > [Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-l-liebman/stripped-of-all-their-masquerades-the-fears-of-men-are-quite/) [Joshua L. Liebman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-l-liebman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/joshua-l-liebman-28789_death_stripped-of-all-their-masquerades-the-fe_1359820.png) > [My generation of writers has been prone to premature illness and death, especially the women. When Black male writers meet it's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-reed/my-generation-of-writers-has-been-prone-to-premature-illness-and/) [Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/ishmael-reed-7430_association_my-generation-of-writers-has-been-prone_2170535.png) > [I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/i-will-tell-you-something-about-stories-they-aren-t-just-2/) [Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/leslie-marmon-silko-14967_death_i-will-tell-you-something-about-stories_2357877.png) > [Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcia-angell/illness-and-death-are-not-optional-patients-have-a-right-to-determine/) [Marcia Angell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcia-angell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c8/marcia-angell-19102_approach_illness-and-death-are-not-optional-patie_1886803.jpg) > [When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/when-i-paint-a-woman-in-an-armchair-the-armchair-is-there-to-show/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/pablo-picasso-552_armchairs_when-i-paint-a-woman-in-an-armchair-the_1800645.jpg) > [He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siècle, he was affirmation. Right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/he-was-too-tough-to-experience-disappointments-and-resentments/) [Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_affection_he-was-too-tough-to-experience-disappoin_1449843.jpg) > [Tucker was my safe place for three years, my secure dock in a sea of indecision as I dealt with my father's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-brown/tucker-was-my-safe-place-for-three-years-my-secure-dock-in-a-sea-of/) [Melissa Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/melissa-brown-27617_death_tucker-was-my-safe-place-for-three-years_1312091.jpg) > [Yet birth, and lust, and illness, and death are changeless things, and when one of these harsh facts springs out upon a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/yet-birth-and-lust-and-illness-and-death-are-changeless-things-and/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/arthur-conan-doyle-273_birth_yet-birth-and-lust-and-illness-and-death_2861422.jpg) > [Jesus doesn't give an explanation for the pain and sorrow of the world. He comes where the pain is most acute and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright-2/jesus-doesn-t-give-an-explanation-for-the-pain-and-sorrow-of-the/) [N. T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/n-t-wright-2-2245_christian_jesus-doesn-t-give-an-explanation-for-th_1329397.jpg) > [We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-szasz/we-achieve-active-mastery-over-illness-and-death-by-delegating-all/) [Thomas Szasz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-szasz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80f/thomas-szasz-3801_achieve_we-achieve-active-mastery-over-illness-a_1972578.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/illness-and-death/#itemlist", "name": "Illness and death Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Willett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-willett/a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-plays-a-role-in-reducing-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/walter-willett-46177_causes_a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-pla_1586386.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/walter-willett-46177_causes_a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-pla_1586386.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/walter-willett-46177_causes_a-diet-rich-in-fruits-and-vegetables-pla_1586386.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness…” — Walter Willett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joshua L. 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