#death

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days. ↗

— Jane Grey

#been #days #death #god #hasten

Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to be martyred, he said: Paul . . . was present, and consented to the death of St. Stephen, and kept their clothes that stoned him to death, and yet be they [Stephen and Paul] now both twain Holy Saints in heaven, and shall continue there friends for ever, so I verily trust and . . . pray, that though your lordships have now here in earth been judges to my condemnation, we may yet hereafter in heaven merrily all meet together, to our everlasting salvation. ↗

— Neal A. Maxwell

#meekness #death

She's you, without your conscience, or your feelings. She's you without your humanity." "You're saying she's a mood swing?" He shrugged. "Or maybe you're her mood swing." "Don't even joke about that. ↗

— Derek Landy

#mood-swing #skulduggery-pleasant #death

I didn't cry when they buried my father - I wouldn't let myself. I didn't cry when they buried my sister. On Thursday night, with my family asleep upstairs, my eyes filled as Agassi and Marcos Baghdatis played out the fifth set of their moving second-round match. ↗

— Greg Garber

#life #sports #tennis #death

I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#dying #memories #time #death

I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#death

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#birth #borders #cradle #grave #our

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs! ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#could #death #i #i love #keep

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#headed #house #i #know #obsessed

There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#again #be happy #black #born #death