#death

All things come to an end, but when you open your eyes after a long sleep a new journey begins. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#death

I said to the doctor, who was with us daily. 'He's got a wonderful will to live, hasn't he?' 'Would you put it like that? I should say a great fear of death.' 'Is there a difference?' 'Oh dear, yes. He doesn't derive any strength from his fear, you know. It's wearing him out. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#marchmain #death

To me , death is nothing but happiness, and living under tyrants nothing but living in a hell. ↗

— Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed Tohaf-al- Uqoul

#death

Fate doesn’t care about family. When the time is up, she nicks at the thread ↗

— Cecilia Robert

#fate #death

I wish I could recommend the experience of not being killed to everyone. ↗

— Tim Kreider

#survival #death

Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a way around law. By pretending that procedure will get rid of corruption, we have succeeded only in humiliating honest people and provided a cover of darkness and complexity for the bad people. There is a scandal here, but it's not the result of venal bureaucrats. (1994) p. 99 ↗

— Philip K. Howard

#bureaucrats #conservative #corruption #government #plato

Pop quizzes were killers. Like ambushing assassins they elicited fear and loathing in the prey, and a certain heady power in the hunter. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#cried #depression #friends #death

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#death

Well, how do we get out of this place?” Evyette’s voice shaking slightly. “We can’t.” If Kaleb felt any hopelessness he wasn’t conveying it. He looked around arduously, “Unless we find someone willing to help us.” “Oh well, that should not be a problem at all,” Tristan retorted throwing his hands up, “considering everything so far has tried to kill us! ↗

— B.C. Morin

#sarcasm #death