#death

Death is a gift, so long as it is nature’s hand. ↗

— Douglas Clegg

#death

I don't know where I find the air and I keep getting the words wrong: From out our bourne of death and space the flood will wash me far- but it doesn't even matter. I never knew that words might not matter. ↗

— Ally Condie

#death

A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#dying #death

So is death a journey? Is it to another place?" she asked. "Is it another planet?" "Many have wondered this very question,"replied rovender. "But there is an old Caerulan saying: When your journey reaches its destination here, may you walk on through the memories of those still with us. ↗

— Tony DiTerlizzi

#journey #death

I cannot live without you, Gwendolyn, nor can I believe the gods have brought us through so much only to tear us apart again. If I must face the possibility of death, then so be it. ↗

— Miriam Minger

#death

If we keep pulling death from the ground, we will reap death from the skies. ↗

— Van Jones

#environment #fossil-fuels #death

Who can hide himself from death or who can embrace the wind? ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#death

May this be your final sorrow. ↗

— Anita Amirrezvani

#death #death

She died a few days later, and her death buried once and for all the intrigues between the Precious Wife, the Gracious Wife, and all the Imperial favorites. Rivalries and alliances, loathing and attraction had been dissolved. Their existence had been a pointless tragedy, just as the talent of one prodigious poetess had been. ↗

— Shan Sa

#death

Large portraits of Mao on wooden boards several feet high stood at main street corners. Painted to make the old man look extremely youthful, healthy, and fat (a sign of well-being in China), these pictures provided a mocking contrast to the thin, pale-faced pedestrians walking listlessly below them. Pg. 193 ↗

— Nien Cheng

#cultural-revolution #mao-zedong #propaganda #death