#d

She slid open the box, extracted a match, and struck it with a flourish. The flame flared up in the gloom of the unlit room, a tiny golden beacon. For a moment, Oma Kristel held it aloft, then the unthinkable happened. The match slipped out of her fingers and fell straight onto her pink mohair bosom. With a whooomph! like the sounds of a gas furnace firing up, the hairspray with which Oma Kristel had doused herself ignited, obliterating her in a column of flames. ↗

— Helen Grant

#death

Being brave in front of faith does not mean to be humble before death. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#death

It comes down to this: we're pieces of equipment To be counted and signed for. On occasion some of us break down, And those parts which can't be salvaged Are replaced with other GI parts, that's all. ↗

— Rolando Hinojosa

#poetry #war #death

Do not waste the moment of your life which comes together with death because you will bitterly regret the alienation of your own self. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#death

Who prays at help in the Illusion of his Life does not understand that his only aid is death ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#god #love #death

I believed in the faith of faith without acknowledging his quality of being an absolute truth. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#life #truth #wisdom #death

life is a gift, death is an obligation, both are equally important to be able to achieve good values ↗

— friesda

#death

Death brings release & removal from all evil, every tragedy & all difficulty. Death is not an enemy. ↗

— Paul P. Enns

#heaven #death

What, do I look like an alien? I don’t think aliens wear sexy dresses that make their boyfriends want to hide them from other men.” Wendy in Dancing with Death ↗

— Andrea Heltsley

#death

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes. ↗

— Albert Camus

#death