“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something…”— Garth Stein, amazon.com
“And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn’t crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again, he would never carve another piece of wood or help us raise doves and pigeons in the backyard or play the violin the way he did, or tell us jokes the way he…”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com
“Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars. Whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will always be there to guide you. And so will I.”— James Earl Jones, Mufasa, amazon.com
“When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.”— James Earl Jones, Mufasa, amazon.com
“And I’m trying to cry too, but mostly because marriage means change and it means life is just turning into a series of vignettes, a few pops of Major Events before the ultimate nothing.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're ninety, sometimes before we're even boring, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it. I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass. It's always ugly. Always. You can live with dignity, we can't die with it.”— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“If you're dying, suddenly everybody loves you.”— Lawrence Kaplow, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasn't going to die.”— Hubert Selby Jr., amazon.com
“Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com