Change Quote by W.H. Auden

“We would rather die in dread/ Than climb the cross of the moment/ And let our illusions die.”

— W.H. Auden

“Is it true we'd rather be ruined than changed?”

— Salley Vickers

“Us, we petty humans, we only move from one perception to another; to become better or worse. There is only one change that we…

— Nazli

“We never fully die even in what we think of as actual death. We change again and become echoes in others, and they carry…

— Eric Overby

“I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster.”

— Robert Fanney

“For us what was killing was how nothing had changed. We'd been waiting to be transformed, and now here we were, back in our…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“I no longer have the sense of impending doom. I no longer wish for death or stare at myself in the mirror with loathing.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“... I wish I could make you like death a little more. It's a great preserver. Without it the loveliest things change slowly into…

— Alasdair Gray

“No one chooses to change until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of change.”

— P. Dann

“Change is the one eternal of life. What I have now I will cherish, and what we build tomorrow I will cherish, without fear.”

— Franklin Veaux

“When you die, the first thing you lose is your life. The next thing is your illusions.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I would rather die than be derivative.”

— E.A. Carter