Sometimes immense things, like war and death and aging, are best seen from the corner of the eye and written of only obliquely, with tremendous lightness. Lauren Groff agingcornerdeath Change image and share on social
When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life. Yuvraj Singh angerannoyanceaspire share on social
At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it. Oliver Reed amazeathleticclub Change image and share on social
You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time. Yann Martel deathhumanindividual Change image and share on social
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
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
There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised. Lili Taylor academyawardcompromise 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
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. aggravateblowcharacter share on social
