#death

Sometimes I get nice letters from people who know they're due to meet him (Death) soon, and hope I've got him right. Those are the kind of letters that cause me to stare at the wall for some time ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#art

It is dark and there are bad creatures in these woods." "Yes, there are... ↗

— Katlyn Charlesworth

#historical-fiction #japan #death

I don’t know when my time on earth will be up; but I DO know that today, I am one day closer. You can bet I’m going to make this day count! Will you? ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#death #earth #life #death

Life is not the opposite of death. The opposite of death is birth. Life has no opposite ↗

— argeo

#death

All primitive people are frightened of owls,' said Harley. 'The villagers here are scared to death of the gufo. Birds of ill omen. If they see one, they think they'll die. But they never do. See one, I mean, of course,' he added with a laugh. ↗

— Francis Brett Young

#fear #omen #owl #death

A sonnet might look dinky, but it was somehow big enough to accommodate love, war, death, and O.J. Simpson. You could fit the whole world in there if you shoved hard enough. ↗

— Anne Fadiman

#sonnets #death

Death is the only serious preoccupation in life. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#mortality #death

If he lacks verbal expression of it, you may find his love profoundly in his works, deeds and creativity; so recognize rather than criticize. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#death

ach! wüßtet ihr wie schwer es ist, wenn man gehängt ist und nicht sterben kann!! ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#gehängt #pain #sehnsucht #sterben #death

Three years ago, I had thought I lost my whole world, but it all actuality I was saved. Saved from death and a life full of lies. Three years ago fate stepped in. ↗

— Erika Taylor

#death