#death

Okay," I confessed. "You got me. I don't want to die. I'm terrified of death. I fear there's nothing beyond it and that this existence is the only one I'll ever possess. That's why I'm here." He patted my leg to give me reassurance. "That's why they're all here. Even the ones that believe in heaven and seventy-two virgins and every other good thing supposedly waiting for them in the afterlife. ↗

— Drew Magary

#death

[…] but I remember I preferred the soldier to the philosopher at the time; a preference which life has only confirmed. One was a man, and the other was either more – or less. However, they are both dead, and Mrs Beard is dead, and youth, strength, genius, thoughts, achievements, simple hearts – all dies… No matter. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#death

And then one day, you too disappear. Your armchair is still there. But instead of you sitting in it, there is just an empty space. You went back to where you came from just a few years ago. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#death

Pain and guilt tore through him. His soul was bleeding to death. He stood there, waiting to die. How could he not? But such wounds were not fatal. ↗

— Diana Pharaoh Francis

#mercy #death

Three hours ago I was in bed, I thought miserably. I should have stayed there. ↗

— Diana Rowland

#death

You can truly value life, when you have looked Death in the eyes and held its hand. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#life-philosophy #values-in-life #death

...while well-meaning relatives and friends stopped by, bearing an endless supply of cards and food in disposable foil pans and saying all the wrong things. "He's in a better place now." "God must have a plan for him." "At least he didn't suffer." "You're still young, Jayne. Maybe you can have another child." "You'd stop thinking about him if you took down his pictures. ↗

— Sarah Ockler

#death

Being dead is highly overrated. It’s no fun at all." -- Mythe: A Fairy Tale ↗

— P.J. Gordon

#humor #paranormal #death

So something that never should have happened did, all because of my thoughts and actions. A clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship. I was the one who caused it, and I should probably get the death penalty. Or maybe what I should say is I'm the one who pronounced the death sentence on myself ↗

— Natsuo Kirino

#death #death

Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame — ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#death