Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive. Larry Kramer activismalivedeath share on social
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. Lawrence Ferlinghetti absurdityacrobataudience Change image and share on social
Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan. Ouida calmnesschristianitydeath Change image and share on social
Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989. Olivia Newton-John deathgeneticallygreat Change image and share on social
What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave. Erica Jong begindeathero share on social
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. Evelyn Beatrice Hall agreedeathdefend Change image and share on social
When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end. Eamon de Valera befallcalmconfidence share on social
I have had death threats from people with fixations. Enya deathfixationpeople Change image and share on social
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream. Emilio Estevez americabobbydeath Change image and share on social
I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death. Elton John buddydeathgreat Change image and share on social
