#death

Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the gods. Let him bow down to me! I am the greater king, I am the elder-born, I claim—the greater man. ↗

— Homer

#death #greece #pride #death

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#against #alive #because #kill #law

Life's only choosing when to die. Life's a big postponement because the choice is so difficult. It's a tremendous relief not to have to choose. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#interesting-quotes #life #death

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#die #sinning #stop #suddenly

Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do. ↗

— Richard Hughes

#deaths #ever #middle #middle age #more

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death #dreams #ideal #life #our

I may hire a photographer to document my hanging. Maybe have him get some close-ups of my facial expressions as the rope snaps my neck. My only concern is whether I will be self-aware and over dramatize the event, with the knowledge that I’m being watched and the moment recorded for posterity. Who will I be at the moment of my death, a man struggling to come to terms with the end of his life, and weighing the wisdom of suicide, or an actor hamming it up for the camera? I’d better spend a few hours in front of the mirror perfecting a few iconic faces. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#iconic #suicide #death

I'm scared to death to fly commercial... I have not flown commercial since 9/11. ↗

— Brett Hull

#death #flown #fly #i #scared

Just know I am Not there to catch you But I am there for you ↗

— Caleb Warta

#humor #life #life-lessons #poem #poetry

Could I tell them I was sorry their loved one was dead, when he’d tried to kill me? There was no rule of etiquette for this; even my grandmother would have been stymied. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#ettiquette #manners #sympathy #death