#death

It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do. ↗

— Steven Lopez

#behind #championship #comes #control #death

I just got a rather nasty shock. In looking for something or other I came across the fact that one of my cats is about to be nine years old, and that another of them will shortly thereafter be eight; I have been labouring under the delusion they were about five and six. And yesterday I happened to notice in the mirror that while I have long since grown used to my beard being very grey indeed, I was not prepared to discover that my eyebrows are becoming noticeably shaggy. I feel the tomb is just around the corner. And there are all these books I haven't read yet, even if I am simultaneously reading at least twenty... ↗

— Edward Gorey

#aging #death #old-age #reading #age

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#humor #death

When death tells a story yo really have to listen ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death

A tip for increased sales or in situations of life or death: Try to always refer to the lady as Miss. or Ms. Using the term: Ma'am could piss her off. ↗

— Ginnetta Correli

#death #humor #lady #life #woman

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146) ↗

— Julia Cameron

#dying #life #living #death

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it. ↗

— David Gemmell

#death #age

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#death #fiction #i #life #reality

The second Cocoon questions that and deals much more directly with the value of living in the real world with its trials and tribulations. I would say it's about that and not about aging or death. ↗

— Daniel Petrie

#aging #cocoon #deals #death #directly

Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this sentiment half a dozen times--- his plan is to kill us all, and if an innocent child dies in agony and a wicked man breathes his last at an advanced age in his sleep, who are we to call it injustice? ↗

— Valerie Martin

#death #god #grief #injustice #religion