“Tell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.”— Mary Todd Lincoln, quoteland.com
“When I can bring myself to realize that he has indeed passed away, my question to myself is, ‘can life be endured?'”— Mary Todd Lincoln, quoteland.com
“...that, that miserable inebriate Johnson, had cognizance of my husband's death - Why, was that card of Booth's, found in his box, some acquaintance certainly existed - I have been deeply impressed, with the harrowing thought, that he, had an understanding with the conspirators & they knew their man…”— Mary Todd Lincoln, amazon.com
“Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in just the way in which our visual field has no limits.”— Ludwig Wittgenstein, amazon.com
“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up, it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.”— Osho, oshonews.com
“Something was and wasn’t there between us, something went on and went away.”— Wisława Szymborska, newyorker.com
“Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover. I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible. I have sacrificed a…”— James Dean, wordsfortheyear.com
“I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well.”— Dave Matthews, youtube.com
“We’re bored to death in heaven and down alone in hell. We only want to be ourselves.”— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com
“This love will set you free from thoughts of yesterday. Now, death has come to claim your beautiful remains.”— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com
“Why do they bury politicians under 6 feet of dirt? Because deep down, they're good people.”— moduhlize, reddit.com
“I try not to miss her too much because she’s up there flying with the angels while I’m down here fucking with the devils.”— Holly Riordan, amazon.com
“To describe my despair would be impossible. No words could tell it. I was buried alive, with the prospect before me of dying of hunger and thirst.”— Jules Verne, amazon.com
“My spirit is too weak — mortality Weighs heavily on me like unwilling sleep, And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep Of godlike hardship tells me I must die Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.”— John Keats, amazon.com