Boards Quote by Anonymous

“If Shirley were not an indolent, a reckless, an ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments, or at least while the…

— Charlotte Brontë

“There were moments bristling with deadness, when she looked out at her life and went, " What? " Or worse, feeling interrupted and tired, "Wha—?”

— Lorrie Moore

“Edna felt depressed rather than soothed after leaving them. The little glimpse of domestic harmony which had been offered her, gave her no regret,…

— Kate Chopin

“ This morning, on the avenue, my death was walking next to me, under the plane-trees. I came back home, lied on the bed.…

— Christian Bobin

“After a great many questions I eventually ascertained that he is suffering from some kind of disorder of the mind. Is there anything more…

— Diane Setterfield

“Hearing, they say, is one of the last senses to go. My mother smiled. I tearfully asked her, "Mommy, can you see heaven?" She…

— Edwidge Danticat

“And now she was thinking of her own death, with her heart gripped not by fear but by the excitement of a great discovery,…

— Georges Bernanos

“she was too strong for my disease. i shot myself in the head, painted myself of the love so colorful in suicidal notes she's…

— nii norton

“Agatha was a connoisseur of headaches, and was relieved at the transitory nature of this one.”

— Phil Foglio Kaja Foglio

“A scream starts in my gut—I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, leaves in my hair. I don’t remember passing out. David says…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Bending over her bed, I saw the smile I must have seen when gaping up from the crib. Knowing death will come, sensing its…

— Galway Kinnell

“The palliative care nurses welcome him: he's a spot of brightness, they claim he keeps the patients interested in life. "We don't think of…

— Margaret Atwood