#ma

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage. ↗

— Kim Wilde

#could #front #got #had #husband

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives(Cassia 'Reached') ↗

— Ally Condie

#life #matched #reached #death

I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#romance #death

Some people believe that when you die, you cross the River of Death and have to pay the ferryman. People don’t seem to worry about that these days. Perhaps there’s a bridge now. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#death #ferryman #death

Alannah?” He held her limp body waiting for a response. “Don’t do this.” He put his hand over the other cut whispering his words and healing it as well. “Alannah?” His voice begged, as he held her face in his hand Still no response. He looked at the ground she had laid on realizing that she had lost a lot of blood. Then from the corner of his eye he saw the rise and fall of her chest and let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding. She still lives. ↗

— B.C. Morin

#life-or-death #suspense #death

Love doesn't always mean rings and veils and walks down the aisle. Sometimes love means broken windows and broken hearts, and not being able to fix either. And sometimes love means telling you, there's no such thing as time in Heaven so don't rush to meet me. Stay a while, and pick, girl, the roses. ↗

— Jennifer Gooch Hummer

#love #poems #romance #death

Love is selflessly giving your breath away to allow someone else to breathe. ↗

— Bryan Butvidas

#death

The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks for celebrations, and the white man came along and said, Holy shit, we can use this to kill people. What better way to celebrate than that?
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— Jarod Kintz

#celebration #chaos #chinese #death #destroy

Worse than madness. Sanity. ↗

— William Golding

#sanity #death

Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God? ↗

— Yann Martel

#god #human-suffering #death