#death

If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you’re going to have problems. You’ll be dead a lot. ↗

— Dean Smith

#life-and-death #death

Death is not a memory you can fake. ↗

— Jessica Brody

#death

Hal frowned. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" "Uh, live in a tropical paradise for a week and sip fruity drinks with umbrellas in them by the pool? Yeah, Hal," I said, cranking up the sarcasm far past eleven, "that's a fate worse than death. I don't know what I was thinking." "No," he said, stretching the word out longer than was healthy for it, "I was thinking more like going on a honeymoon without a wife." I dropped a sock and looked up at him, stung. "Don't rub it in, man. ↗

— Cary Attwell

#left-at-the-altar #death

Nikad čovjek ne smije misliti da je siguran, ni da je umrlo što je prošlo. ↗

— Meša Selimović

#mesa-selimovic #meša-selimović #death

Grief shared was grief lessened. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#grief #life #death

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death ↗

— John Keats

#dream #john-keats #life #sleep #death

Our existence comes with Death. And it comes with suffering, death alone is not enough and pleasure have consequences. wicked and fucked. love comes with hurting. And having means losing. ↗

— Ira N. Barin

#death-and-dying #death-and-love #death-and-sickness #hurting #losing

His lips twitched at my defiance. He moved his face even nearer to mine, our lips inches apart. "You feel that?" he nearly whispered, his voice low and intent. "You feel that rage inside? Burning hot in the pit of your stomach?" Confused, I hesitantly nodded. What was he doing? "That's what's going to keep you alive, " he said. "Hold on to it. Fear will only sign your death warrant. Stay mad, princess. ↗

— Tiffany A. Snow

#death

Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying since the day they were born. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#death #song #weep #death

There’s always someone bigger and badder who can knock you off your perch—even if you’re me. Never forget it and you don’t have to worry about corruption. You’ll be too afraid with watching your own back. --Alexandria "Dria" McAndrews ↗

— C.J. Ellisson

#paranoia #power #death