#death

I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#death #i #i love #love #myself

I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#death #funeral #i #insanity #level

Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram. ↗

— Larry Craig

#been #better #breast cancer #cancer #deaths

How, in such an alien and inhuman world, can so powerless a creature as man preserve his aspirations untarnished? A strange mystery it is that nature, omnipotent but blind, in the revolutions of her secular hurryings through the abysses of space, has brought forth at last a child, subject still to her power, but gifted with sight, with knowledge of good and evil, with the capacity of judging all the works of his unthinking mother. In spite of death, the mark and seal of the parental control, man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine, to criticize, to know, and in imagination to create. To him alone, in the world with which he is aquainted, this freedom belongs; and in this lies his superiority to the resistless forces that control his outward life. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#death

I dream dark dreams. I dream of a figure moving through the forest, of children flying from his path, of young women crying at his coming. I dream of snow and ice, of bare branches and moon-cast shadows. I dream of dancers floating in the air, stepping lightly even in death, and my own pain is but a faint echo of their suffering as I run. My blood is black on the snow, and the edges of the world are silvered with moonlight. I run into the darkness, and he is waiting. I dream in black and white, and I dream of him. I dream of Caleb, who does not exist, and I am afraid. ↗

— John Connolly

#dreams #maine #death

Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in God’s suffering love for a hurting world. The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected with the greater pains of Christ. Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow and therefore a larger hope. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#crucifix #death #grief #jesus #loss

I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go? ↗

— Jessica Maria Tuccelli

#death-of-a-loved-one #grandmothers #granny #love #death

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#death

Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#death #life #peace #death

Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term economic growth. Permanent repeal of the death tax will mean more high-quality, high-paying jobs for Americans. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#death #death tax #doing #economic #economic growth