Death Quote by Haruki Murakami

Looking at suicide—the sheer numbers, the pain leading up to it, and the suffering left behind—is harrowing. For every moment of exuberance in the…

— Kay Redfield Jamison

I've given up reading the papers. Since the world's so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let…

— Sarah Waters

“People ask why my brother killed himself. "Why would such a gifted journalist, whose works have won all the prizes in the world, do…

— Christopher Lukas

There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.

— Rachel Caine

Like sex, poverty and power, suicide may always be with us. But like them again, the actual form is takes is essentially time-specific and…

— David Cannadine

“It wasn’t one event, but a series of events followed by years of research adjudicated by panels of experts and committees of laypeople until…

— Eda J. Vor

We really didn't devote a lot of time to investigating the scariest aspects of our flight. It was more challenging and productive to concentrate…

— Buzz Aldrin

“In the letter he left for the coroner he had explained his reasoning (for suicide): that life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking…

— Julian Barnes

Switch on the television or glance at the newspaper: You will see death everywhere. Yet, did the victims of those plane crashes and car…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“The accountants who spent ten hours a day copying out numbers were, to my mind, victims sacrificed on the altar of a divinity wholly…

— Amélie Nothomb

“The law, and society, and religion all said it was impossible to be sane, healthy, and kill yourself. Perhaps those authorities feared that the…

— Julian Barnes

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely…

— Kay Redfield Jamison