Debate Quote by Susanna Kaysen

“Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will…

— Susanna Kaysen

The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop…

— Susanna Kaysen

This is, I believe, what happens when people take their own lives. They're not killing themselves, they're killing the world. Either to spare it…

— Jerry Stahl

Most of us would rather kill ourselves than be, particularly if who we think we are keeps dying. Many of us do.

— Brad Blanton

People do not die - they kill themselves.

— Seneca the Younger

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

— Leo Tolstoy

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, “What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you…

— Anonymous

“Why do people kill themselves? I think they do it when they can no longer find a reason to keep going. When nothing in…

— Mary Beth Miller

No one commits suicide because they want to die.

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so

— Mercedes McCambridge

You do not tell somebody to kill themselves. Go screw yourself if you do

— I Hate Everybody

When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.

— Jeannette Walls