The reason some men fear older women is they fear their own mortality. — Frances Lear Copy Share Image
I am simply looking for a companion with whom to spend my days, a companion who will cherish as much as I… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
“There is nothing serious in mortality! Solomon in all his glory was Solomon with the elements of the contemptible lurking in every… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Death and pain dominate this world, for though many are cured, they leave still weak, still tremulous, still knowing mortality has whispered… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life. — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
“I know what's wrong with me - I could never stand still for death! Which you've got to do by a certain… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
knowledge of our own mortality is the greatest gift God ever gives us. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The infant mortality rates are insanely high. The obesity epidemic is on the rise. It is all related. — Kimberly Williams-Paisley Copy Share Image
I know mortality exists, but I cannot do anything about it. So it does not make me anxious. — Renato Dulbecco Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Plague has hung over human history. The biggest human extinction was after 1492 in North and South America when the mortality rate… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Over the years, I have developed a visceral reaction to families and victims expressing surprise at tragedy. Why are we surprised? Why… — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
Men don't just rise up from the dead, though, no matter how angry they are. — Merlin Copy Share Image
The best thing about time passing is the privilege of running out of it, of watching the wave of mortality break over… — Sarah Manguso Copy Share Image
“Put away these frozenjawed primates and their annals of ways beset and ultimate dark. What deity in the realms of dementia, what… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
There may be an art to conversation, and some are better at it than others, but conversation's virtue lies in randomness and… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It carried quite a wallop. I have all the classic symptoms. Reflection. Where am I now? Where have I come from? What's… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
Here on Earth, we live once and die once. So, whatever you're doing, do it like you're only gonna do it once. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Young women who live in areas with high maternal mortality change their behavior less in response to HIV than young women who… — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it. Before we know that there are… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Me, I'm living under a sword too, as Jack may have told you. An old wino's disease, which could lay me in… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising… — Tana French Copy Share Image
