#death

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. ↗

— Maya Lin

#back #death #eye #face #into

I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word. ↗

— Laura Linney

#cancer #death #even #evolved #grandmother

We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more, but the number is roughly constant, and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally, the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#better #catastrophes #century #cnn #consequence

There are certain people that are marked for death. I have my little list of those that treated me unfairly. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#death #i #list #little #marked

Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#death #delightful #fevers #light #night

Eighty-six percent of the gun death of children under the age of 14 internationally is right here in the United States of America. It is madness. ↗

— Nita Lowey

#america #children #death #gun #here

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#birth #death #forward #her #instead

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#eye #i #i think #looked #many

The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#also #broken #church #condone #death

I hope I am not too repetitive. However, coming to terms with death is part of the general human situation. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#coming #death #general #hope #however