I'm interested in characters who should know better, who know they should give up, move on, accept life as it is, with all its constraints - life, death, time - but don't. Alice McDermott acceptcharacterconstraint Change image and share on social
Purposefully exposing young people to increased risks of major brain problems - even death - for sport is surely even more ethically complicated than sending young people into this same neurological danger zone as soldiers. Alice Dreger braincomplicatedanger share on social
If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do. Angelina Jolie deathlifelove Change image and share on social
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits. Allen Klein attentionconstantlydeal Change image and share on social
I would like to say how much I resent people who say of the Islamic Republic that this is our culture - as if women like to be stoned to death, or as if they like to be married at the age of nine. Azar Nafisi ageculturedeath Change image and share on social
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death. Andrew Cuomo deathinformationlife Change image and share on social
When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands. Amy Lee banddeathhigh Change image and share on social
At the solemn moment of death, every man, even when death is sudden, sees the whole of his past life marshalled before him, in its minutest details. For one short instant the personal becomes one with the individual and all-knowing ego. But this instant is enough to show to him the whole chain of causes which have been at work during his life. Annie Besant chaindeathdetail share on social
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount. Andrew Hudgins deathfinalityimpass Change image and share on social