#viva

I would rather live than die. I would rather die than survive as a monster. ↗

— Robert Fanney

#elves #life #luthiel #mithorden #monsters

One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#death

You coming?" She hesitated, weighing her options. Risk running back down the flaming aisles to find another exit? Or trust the guy who'd been stalking her all afternoon? The fire spread to the nearby shelves. The heat was growing unbearable. "You cut me deep," he said. "You'd actually choose a fiery death over the prospect of my company. I have to admit, that stings a bit. ↗

— Jena Leigh

#declan #revival #death

I wish I could recommend the experience of not being killed to everyone. ↗

— Tim Kreider

#survival #death

Children accept the conditions they are born into, and, to a degree, I was getting used to the bombings, fires, and death around me. I remember that I thought those things were normal. It is grown-ups who worry about things, and this ... this was total panic! I could taste the fear, and I could see that my mother was frightened, which I had never seen before, and this made me even more frightened. ↗

— Alfred Nestor

#alfred-nestor #author-alfred-nestor #children-in-war #hitler #hitler-s-germany

You can pray and fight at the same time, Corporal. Especially if you learn how before things get rough. It’s important to have a philosophy of life . . . and of death. -- Chartist Gorman in GLORY MAIN ↗

— Henry V. O'Neil

#conscientious-objector #space-war #survival #war-in-space #death

Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to work everyday. This helps to keep him out of trouble. God is wise. ↗

— Criss Jami

#design #discipline #eating #food #god

God's design is for His anointing to come upon those He finds trustworthy, to empower them to do great things for Him. ↗

— Rodney Burton

#empower #revival #design

The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival. ↗

— James J. Gibson

#degree #human #learn #least #must

We wake up one day and find we have lost our dreams in order to protect our days. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#dreams