Quote by Paul Auster

“I knew there was something that separated me from Ferdinand and the life of the bush about me. And it was because I had…

— V.S. Naipaul

“Honestly, you make one tiny mistake and they hold it over you for the rest of your days!' 'You started World War I!' 'That…

— Ashlee Nicole Bye

“ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND. 1863-1914. LLIE LIGHTLY UPON HIM EARTH, THO' HE / LAID MANY A HEAVY BURDEN UPON THEE.”

— John Green

“We brought death to our enemies, and I loved the power of it. And that final love, one I shared with my father, frightened…

— Patricia Briggs

“Surprisingly, I came closer to really knowing myself, not because I feared death, because we were always aware of it, but rather because I…

— Aleida March

“I watched the black ocean in his eyes and saw this flash behind them and understood what he had meant the night before, about…

— T.J. Klune

“Oh, certainly, death, sudden and violent, was a good way to foil his implacable enemies, who seemed to be pursuing him with some incomprehensible…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at…

— Christopher Paolini

“I felt sure of this. However much I loved him, and as beautiful as the world was, none of it was powerful enough to…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke…

— Julia Quinn

“And when he got through I felt for the first time that there had really been a war and that the man I was…

— Henry Miller

“There was nothing wrong with doubt. It was a human emotion and one that confirmed resolve. The important part was not to get swallowed…

— M.R. Forbes