#death

When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams can come true. Unless it's really a meteor hurtling to the Earth which will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteorite. ↗

— Justin Sewell

#death

So what if we died alone, we had our soul, we had mother nature around, we had a blue quilt of sky, And peace waiting on the Other side ↗

— Aditya Chandel

#peace #death

Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was buried alive in his home? Does he tell you stories in heaven now? I wish I had had a chance to meet him. To see his toothless grin and touch his leathery skin. To beg him, as you did in your youth, for a story from our Palestine. He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer. Is this what it means to be Palestinian? ↗

— Susan Abulhawa

#mother #palestine #palestinians #death

Three stupid pieces of chocolate can't mean a lifetime away from the people I love." Tears streamed down my face, and my body trembled. "I don't want to forget what I have here." "I won't let that happen to you." "I want it. The candy," I whispered, ashamed to admit it out loud and scared to death because the ache in my stomach was a hunger I'd never felt before. "Even though I know what it is, I can't stop thinking about it. ↗

— Cherie Colyer

#witches #ya #death

fury said to a mouse that he met in the house let us both go to law; I will prosecute you let there be no denial; come, we must have a trial for really, this morning, I've nothing to do such a trial, dear sir, said the mouse to the cur without jury or judge would be wasting our breath I'll be judge, I'll be jury said cunning old fury I'll try the whole cause and condemn you to death ↗

— Lewis Carrol

#death

If he heard her, he gave no indication, just went on about "men who take advantage" and "helpless women" and "fates worse than death." Sophie wasn't positive, but she thought she even heard the phrase "roast beef and pudding". ↗

— Julia Quinn

#death

Maybe the conference was an inversion layer of another kind, bringing me face-to-face with old friends and old places. With cancer and the Gap and the Old Man, railing about newfangled players and spicy food. Bringing me face-to-face early with death and old age and change. ↗

— Connie Willis

#death

Kellyanne opened the car door and crawled into my bedroom. Her face was puffy and pale and fuzzed-over. She just came in and said: "Ashmol, Pobby and Dingan are maybe-dead." That's how she said it. ↗

— Ben Rice

#death #imaginary-friends #imagination #pobby-and-dingan #death

Can’t call ‘em zombies anymore,” sighed Manny. He seemed almost wistful. “Now we gotta be all politically correct. It’s like the Cold Wars never happened. ↗

— David S.E. Zapanta

#necrophobia #political-correctness #rebirth #undead #zombies

Scared of death, you say? Maybe you wish to live forever? Perhaps you are missing the point of death, my friend. What is life without it? If you live like you're going to die tomorrow, truly live, then you will never really die. You become a part of this world, and will live as long as it does. If you live like you're never going to die, you may as well be dead. Death is a privilege, and you should learn to love it now, or fear it forever. ↗

— My friend

#inspirational #death