#death

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#death #difficult #endure #englishmen #ever

Failure? Scared to death of it. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

#failure #scared

A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#death #his #man #mourned #should

I don't sit in the corner waiting for death: death has to pursue me. I'm going strong. I hope to reach 100 and ask for an extension, just like my grandmother did. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#corner #death #did #extension #going

As a kid, all I thought about was death. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#death #i #kid #thought

As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#death #i #kid #parents #tell

The distinctions of fine art bore me to death. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#bore #death #distinctions #fine #fine art

When I did 'Bumble-ardy,' I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did 'Bumble-ardy'. I did 'Bumble-ardy' to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#aware #being #death #did #die

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#birthday #day #eternity #fear #last

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#end #many #relief #some #wish