Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die! Luigi Pirandello bearcharactercreate Change image and share on social
The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them. Lois McMaster Bujold crydeadduty Change image and share on social
The president of the United States let the consulate in Libya become a death trap. Lindsey Graham consulatedeathlibya Change image and share on social
My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere. Linda McCartney crashdeathhate Change image and share on social
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
Seeing death is not as difficult as you might think. What's harder is to see people suffer. It's the people the dead left behind that get to you. Lara Logan deaddeathdifficult 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 wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death. Edith Piaf backcomedeath Change image and share on social