Carried away Quote by Francesca Marciano

“the ideas and emotions people carry with them through life often determine the quality of their death.”

— Arianna Huffington

“Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious”

— Yann Martel

“We might as well face it: Death is a bore. It is even harder on the survivors than on the deceased, who at least…

— Alan Bradley

“The tragic sense of life is ironically not tragic at all, at least in the Big Picture. Living in such deep time, connected to…

— Richard Rohr

“As I listen to the stories about those who suffered and ended their lives it seems to me that it isn't as if they…

— Jill Bialosky

“What I have learned lately is that people deal with death in all sorts of ways. Some of us fight against it, doing everything…

— Carrie Jones

“A death is always exciting, always makes you realise how alive you are, how vulnerable but so-far-lucky; but the death of somebody close gives…

— Iain Banks

“Remember that we must all die: all these personal relations we try to live by are temporary. I used to feel death selected people,…

— E.M. Forster

“Death drives every creative and destructive impulse we have as human beings. The closer we come to understanding it, the closer we come to…

— Caitlin Doughty

“It's strange how deliberate people are after a death. All the indecision suddenly vanishes into clear, defined moments - changing the linens, choosing a…

— Libba Bray

“First, I have culled evidence that physical death is not the end of the road for any of us. I know this message is…

— Mark Ireland

“There are people whose death leaves you with an ache of grief. A slight sting. And then there are people whose death stops time.…

— Patricia Amaro