#death

Prepare to evacuate soul in ten, in nine, eight. Chloe's splashing through the ankle-deep back-up of renal fluid from her failed kidneys. Death will commence in five. Five, four. Around her, a parasitic life spray paints her heart. Four, three. Three, two. Chloe climbs hand-over-hand up the curled lining of her own throat. Death to commence in three, two. Moonlight shines in through the open mout... h. Prepare for the last breath, now. Evacuate. Now. Soul clear of body. Death commences. Now. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#life #death

Before the battle they had been discussing whether there might be life after death, and Windham and Rochester had made a pact that if there was, the first to die would come back and tell the other. But, said Rochester, he [Windham] never did. ↗

— Jenny Uglow

#charles-ii #historical #history #sad #death

Ain’t nothing too serious. Even death is a joke on the old devil, if we are living for the Lord. from "Beyond Sandy Ridge ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#bestseller #carolina-rain #civil-war #historical-fiction #kindle

All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the street against the light, refuse to submit to its authority, and it won’t be long before they’ll use some form of force, usually a weapon and the threat of death or injury, to compel you to comply. ↗

— S. Evan Townsend

#government #urban-fantasy #death

The most she could hope for was the chance to run away and let her love die a slow, natural death. "Go to Hell," she said. "Not without you." His sexy mouth tipped into a boyish grin, white teeth gleaming against tanned skin. ↗

— Aleah Barley

#death

A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for was as swift a death as the one Massetti had so thanklessly received. ↗

— Victoria Lamb

#death #goodluck #the-queen-s-secret #thriller #death

المرأة هي الحياة، الموت نفسه يكلل بجلالة الحق بين يديها. ↗

— نجيب محفوظ

#life #woman #death

Iar gclos báis Mháire i dtuairim cháich má fágbhadh m'ainnir faoi fhód, níor bhuadhaigh bás ar Mháire im mheabhair-se fós. ↗

— Pádraigín Haicéad

#death #gaeilge #gaelic #grá #ireland

Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee... ↗

— Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

#death

There is a phantom that flies with the banshees. It strangles the throat, pierces the heart and consumes the body with pain that only time and tears can expel. ↗

— Susan Denning

#grief #death