It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say. Michael Leunig abandonbrickconsole share on social
There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us where we park our anxieties, whether its over-powerful women, death or damnation. We make our own monsters. Deborah Harkness 18thanxietycentury share on social
TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows. Penn Jillette deathdiegive Change image and share on social
You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life is, at its most valuable and most full, very close to the boundary of life. Philippe Petit activityboundaryclose Change image and share on social
The demise of Constellation is not the death of a dream. It's just the end of an illusion. Henry Spencer constellationdeathdemise Change image and share on social
I am more interested in how people interpret the phrase 'Elect The Dead' than what I may or may not have intended. I named the album after the track, which is a spiritual song about love, life and death and is the heaviest song on the album without having any heavy instruments. Serj Tankian albumdeaddeath share on social
Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. John Dryden deathfear Change image and share on social
The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection. Gordon B. Hinckley atonementbasechrist Change image and share on social
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. D. H. Lawrence abolishaccumulationalive share on social
You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu americachantdeath Change image and share on social