#al

Death, only death, can break the lasting chain; And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain ↗

— Alexander Pope

#death

The witch's hair was too short and too dark for blond. She wasn't sure if that relieved her or disturbed her. Riley had immediately begun his interrogation, and it had gone something like this: Riley: Where is the meeting between your kind and Aden Stone supposed to take place? Witch: Go suck yourself. Riley: Maybe later. Meeting? Witch: Enjoy death. Riley: I have once already. Now, decide to talk or lose a body part. Witch: May I recommend a finger? Riley: Sure. After I take one of your very necessary hands. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#gena-showalter #humour #mary-ann #riley #death

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#called #die #eyes #fact #in fact

I thought of the people before me who had looked down at the river and gone to sleep beneath it. I wondered about them. I wondered how they had done it--it, the physical act. I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine. ↗

— James Baldwin

#existential #death

Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#humour #summerset #death

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening. ↗

— Walter Scott

#death

Please don't die. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#humor #inspirational #love #science #tumor

Death is a butterfly in it's cocoon waiting to fly . . . ↗

— Maria Housden

#death

A reduction of meat consumption by only 10% would result in about 12 million more tons of grain for human consumption. This additional grain could feed all of the humans across the world who starve to death each year- about 60 million people! ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#food #humans #life #speciesism #starving

-Sí, al borde del vacío comprendió lo más importante - maulló Zorbas. -Ah, sí? Y qué es lo que comprendió -preguntó el humano. -Que sólo vuela el que se atreve a hacerlo - maulló Zorbas. ↗

— Luis Sepúlveda

#inspirational