#dying

I want to be a bird that is not afraid of falling since it's been flying for so long. ↗

#dying #fear #flying-horses #freedom #life

I don't feel so sad when somebody dies, Julio, because they fly away to explore the stars and planets. When it's our turn we join them in exploring the universe. ↗

— Gilbert Hernández

#death #dying #universe #death

There came a moment in this journey when I freely realized that the lives most of lead are small. Important, but small. Our radius reaches family, clients, friends for whom we do selfless and amazing feats. But our sphere of influence is local.... So our illnesses/deaths are small, too. Not unimportant. Just local in nature... - 209 ↗

— Robin Romm

#death-of-a-loved-one #grief-inspirational #death

The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#death-and-dying #death

When death comes you do not stay for one minute in the place it has visited. Many things arrive after death-sadness, questions, and policemen- and none of these can be answered when your papers are not in order. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#death

...when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. ↗

— Sogyal Rinpoche

#inspirational #inspirational

He was dead. No trace of pain, no sufferings, no victimization. ↗

— Prerna Varma

#death-of-a-loved-one #inspirational #death

Just make sure that the thing you're living for is worth dying for." --Levi ↗

— Jill Williamson

#inspirational #living #inspirational

I didn't come from a traditional background of studying theater and doing Shakespeare. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#come #doing #i #shakespeare #studying

I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me. ↗