Astonishment Quote by Salman Rushdie

The problem with some people is that they are still breathing.

— Asli

... suicide gets in the air sometimes. Like a cold germ.

— Stephen King

There are always suicides among people who are unable to say what they mean.

— John Irving

As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.

— Anonymous

That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance…

— Andrew Solomon

Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or…

— Lauren Oliver

A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.

— Oscar Wilde

Suicide is a desperate attempt to get out of what seems to be an intolerable situation. It appears to be a way of escape…

— June Hunt

Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only…

— Cesare Pavese

When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend:…

— Al Alvarez

The very people who burst with proofs of exuberant vitality could easily be taken for prepared corpses, from whom the news of their not-quite-successful…

— Theodor Adorno

Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to…

— Emile Durkheim