#death

Before me floats an image, man or shade, Shade more than man, more image than a shade; For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth May unwind the winding path; A mouth that has no moisture and no breath Breathless mouths may summon; ("Byzantium") ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#ghost #hades #shade #death

Welcome to vampire-ville.” He chuckled. ↗

— S.L. Ross

#destruction #immortal #vampires #werewolves #death

She would die feeling, because that was the way she had always lived. ↗

— Britt Skrabanek

#death #inspiration #life #death

Experiencing Death is like experiencing Life for both are complete within themselves and they both have same effect on the human mind, yet the conditioning makes us love one and fear the other. ↗

— Maitreya Rudrabhayananda

#death

Angel, I have no idea how you can stand this stench,” he said. “Derrel’s been doing this for long enough that I think he doesn’t have any smell receptors left, but you . . . ?” He grimaced as he snapped pictures of the skull and the injury while I held the body in position for him. “You are one tough chick.” Then his eyes crinkled, and even though he had the mask on, I could tell he was grinning at me. “Or maybe you’re seriously sick and twisted, in which case you are so in the right line of work.” I laughed. “Gotta be the second one,” I said. “I’m not tough! ↗

— Diana Rowland

#death

If you're in a life and death struggle, and I handed you a weapon, would you use it? God has handed you the most power weapon: The Name of Jesus. All He requires is that you practice using it. Fire at will! ↗

— Matthew Akers

#death

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death. ↗

— Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#life #living #sense-of-self #death

...Yet, tragically, many today still eat at the table of demons, serving their own lustful appetites, and then attempt to come to the Lord's table and feast with the righteous. This leads only to spiritual sickness and death because these deceived ones do not discern the true Bread of God. These sickly sheep have become so spiritually weak and diseased by sin that they cannot eat strong meat. Instead, the prefer to nibble at the husks of ear-tickling teachings. They gravitate toward lightness and entertainment rather than the genuine Word. Their spiritual appetites have become dull as a result of eating too much junk food. ↗

— David Wilkerson

#spiritual #too-true #death

Things stayed peaceful in there, even as the crashing vehicles and the cries of the injured and dying reached a crescendo outside. "I fry mine in butter!" indeed. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#death #humor #life-and-death #vonnegut #death

As I remember his laugh, there was nothing mad about it, it was more like the laugh of someone who has been the victim of a practical joke, a farce in which he had believed until suddenly he realized his folly. ↗

— Guy Sajer

#soldier #war #world-war-ii #death