#death

At the door of life, by the gate of breath, There are worse things waiting for men than death. ↗

— A.C. Swinburne The Triumph Of Time

#fear #life #death

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#mince #throat #words #you

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#am #anxious #country #deaths #die

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#everyday #intimate #medical #medical research #occurrence

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#every #form #heaven #parting #reunion

Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness. ↗

— Kim Elizabeth

#dreadful #eternal #greet #life #may

Stanley always followed the rules. All sorts of things could go wrong if you didn't. So far he'd done 1:Upon Discovery of the Fire, Remain Calm. Now he'd come to 2: Shout 'Fire!' in a Loud, Clear Voice. 'Fire!' he shouted, and then ticked off 2 with his pencil. Next was: 3: Endeavour to Extinguish Fire If Possible. Stanley went to the door and opened it. Flames and smoke billowed in. He stared at them for a moment, shook his head, and shut the door. Paragraph 4 said: If Trapped by Fire, Endeavour to Escape. Do Not Open Doors If Warm. Do Not Use Stairs If Burning. If No Exit Presents Itself Remain Calm and Await a) Rescue or b) Death. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#death

You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies -which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world -what I want to forget. It makes me miserable and sick, like biting something rotten would do. Temperament, I suppose. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#lies #temperament #death

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom ↗

— Jocelyn Murray

#death #empires #sacrifice #death

If you bore them to death and say, this hurts me more than it hurts you, #A, they're not going to believe it, and #B, they're going to invest their time in other things anyway. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#believe #bore #death #going #hurts