Quote by Katherine Applegate

“It doesn't matter if you're alive or dead. It matters what was said to leave an everlasting impression on society.”

— Jay G Rich

“It's a pretty big deal, not being dead, and I wanted to stay that way.”

— Nora Roberts

“The fact that you are alive is what matters most because no matter what your situation is, you still have a chance to change…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“the most important rule of survival, which was that feeling sorry for yourself didn’t work.”

— Gary Paulsen

“But what does it matter? It is not how you die, but how you lived, that counts.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“I spend a lot of time trying to convince myself that nothing really matters except being alive.”

— Sarah Miller

“[...] and I had to face something I’ve long pretended wasn’t true, for reasons I don’t fully understand. If I died, I would leave…

— Roxane Gay

“If you’d refused, nothing would have changed, except you’d be dead too. You did what you had to do,”

— Ann Leckie

“I wanted him dead too, so that if I couldn't stop thinking about him and worrying about when would be the next time I'd…

— André Aciman

“What matters is not how we died but how we lived.”

— Henry Johnson Jr

“Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before death is what counts.”

— Ray Bradbury

“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate…

— Mike Massimino