#death

To his way of thinking, the only thing more natural than death was sex. ↗

— Stephen King

#sex #death

here lies a stupid son of a bitch who tried to make Death a company cop ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#death

Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#death #gravestone #science #science-fiction #stars

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval ↗

— George Santayana

#death #life #death

Connection is life; disconnection, death. ↗

— Deborah Day

#happiness #loneliness #love #death

How will a person know, Selina, when the soul that has the affinity with hers is near it?" She answered, "She will know. Does she look for air, before she breathes it? This love will be guided to her; and when it comes, she will know. And she will do anything to keep that love about her, then. Because to lose it will be like a death to her. ↗

— Sarah Waters

#love #margaret #selina #death

-On creating a false identity for Pheobe- "A widow," Ava insisted. "How did her husband die?" Greer asked. "I hardly know," Ava said with a shrug as she rocked Jonathan in her arms. "How do men typically die? A fall from a horse or some such thing." "I scarcely believe scores of men are falling to their deaths from their saddles," Greer said drily. ↗

— Julia London

#julia-london #romance #death

If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#death #dream #killing #luthiel #change

In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they would eat their dinner in silence with the oil lamp between them, there was a secret joy in such simplicity, such retrenchment. ↗

— Albert Camus

#albert-camus #first-novel #death

Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily. ↗

— Mark Twain

#life #death