#eat

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#bill of rights #create #designed #did #framers

Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#been #force #great #human #human life

That which is alive hath known death, and that which is dead can never die, for in the Circle of the Spirit life is naught and death is naught. Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#circle-of-life #death #immortality #life #mortality

I have a theory that as human beings get older, chemicals are released into the brain to prepare us for the end. Sort of like how the nurse lubes your ass up before the anus-cam. It makes the whole thing a lot easier to swallow. Easier, not enjoyable. ↗

— Kris D'Agostino

#death-and-dying #humor #life #life-and-living #realist

Death seemed to lose its terrors and to borrow a grace and dignity in sublime keeping with the life that was ebbing away. ↗

— Charles Bracelen Flood

#dignity #grief #hope #death

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child. ↗

— Layne Staley

#child #closest #death #devastated #enough

Only love will attract love.”~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗

— Amunhotep El Bey

#funny #humorous-quotations #inspirational-quotations #lol #motivational-quotations

When the rich give a party and the meal is finished, a man carries round amongst the guests a wooden image of a corpse in a coffin, carved and painted to look as much like the real thing as possible, and anything from 18 inches to 3 foot long; he shows it to each guest in turn, and says: "Look upon this body as you drink and enjoy yourself; for you will be just like it when you are dead." [Herodotus ‘Histories’, II 82] ↗

— Herodotus

#death

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#fair #institution #justice #liberty #protection

In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#counting #dancing #enemy #even #follows