“I think if one's going to kill oneself, the least you could do is leave a note—it's common courtesy. I don't know, that's just the way I was brought up.”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com
“O.J., wherever you are, for the sake of your children, for the sake of your family, please surrender immediately to any law enforcement official.”— Jeffrey Toobin, Robert Shapiro, John Travolta, imdb.com
“Jesus christ, who the hell signs a suicide note with a happy face?”— Jeffrey Toobin, Robert Shapiro, John Travolta, imdb.com
“Every so often I contemplate suicide merely to remind myself of my complete lack of interest in it as a solution to anything at all.”— Nora Ephron, books.google.com
“I was about to kill myself yesterday... Had the noose tied and stool ready. Just when I was about to hang myself, I decide to call the National Suicide Hotline. I told them that I was going to hang myself. They said "Hang on for a moment".”— LolTriedToBlockMe, reddit.com
“We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.”— Kay Redfield Jamison, nytimes.com
“We talk a lot about our right to freedom of expression, but we need to talk more about our responsibility to freedom of expression. We all want to be heard, but let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.”— Monica Lewinsky, ted.com
“The echo of embarrassment used to extend only as far as your family, village, school or community, but now it's the online community too. Millions of people, often anonymously, can stab you with their words, and that's a lot of pain.”— Monica Lewinsky, ted.com
“Cruelty to others is nothing new, but online, technologically enhanced shaming is amplified, uncontained, and permanently accessible.”— Monica Lewinsky, ted.com
“I was branded as a tramp, tart, slut, whore, bimbo, and, of course, ‘that woman’. I was seen by many but actually known by few. And I get it, it was easy to forget that ‘that woman’ was dimensional, had a soul, and was once unbroken.”— Monica Lewinsky, ted.com
“I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“I know you are tired. Tired of feeling so heavy. It takes amazing strength and courage to wake up every day and do it again. There is a Universe of love waiting to share her light with you. Let a little in today and know that we are here.”— Janne Robinson, thoughtcatalog.com
“I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“The human being alone is able to abandon all things, even his own life: he can commit suicide.”— Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel, amazon.com
“In extreme cases, a spouse, close friend or family member may threaten suicide if they deem that it will get them care or attention or enable them to have their way.”— Joseph Mattera, charismanews.com
“Act of rebellion. Life: vacant, vain, intolerable. What loyalty did I owe it? None whatsoever. Why not beat Fate to the punch?”— Donna Tartt, Theodore Decker, amazon.com
“When you realize you hate yourself so much, when you realize that you cannot stand who you are, and this deep spite has been the motivation behind your behavior for many years, your brain can’t quite deal with it. It will try very hard to avoid that realization; it will try, in a last-ditch effort t…”— Marya Hornbacher, amazon.com
“Is it impossible for you to let something go and have it go whole? Must you stamp each piece purple, Must you kill what you can?”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com