Biography lends to death a new terror. Oscar Wilde biographydeathlend Change image and share on social
Death is not painful. It is the most beautiful experience you will have. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross beautifuldeathexperience Change image and share on social
People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world! Eddie Vedder americaanimalbase Change image and share on social
That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death. Emanuel Swedenborg changedeatheternity share on social
Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well. Eugene Ionesco beautydeatheternity Change image and share on social
We are surely the primary agent of death for all members of the cat tribe. For many if not most cat species, our depredations must surpass accidents, disease, and even starvation by a considerable margin. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas accidentagentcat share on social
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross bodycessationdie share on social
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again. Elie Wiesel betraydeaddecide Change image and share on social
As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to. Enid Bagnold deathpeople Change image and share on social
I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death. Eben Alexander believebodybrain share on social