With plastic surgery, the general anesthetic is like a black-velvety sleep, and that's what death is - without waking up to someone clapping and going, 'Joan, wake up, it's all over and you're looking pretty'. Joan Rivers anestheticblackclap share on social
If you look at the beginning of this country, when the pilgrims came to this country, the first year they had a communistic experiment. They said, 'OK, we're going to take the land, we're going to work the land together and share in the fruits of our labor.' They almost starved to death. Almost half of them died that first year. Rafael Cruz begincommunisticcountry share on social
In Sleep we lie all naked and alone, in Sleep we are united at the heart of night and darkness, and we are strange and beautiful asleep; for we are dying the darkness and we know no death. Thomas Wolfe asleepbeautifuldarkness Change image and share on social
Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage. Jean Anouilh couragedaydeath Change image and share on social
Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted. Percy Bysshe Shelley calldeathlife Change image and share on social
A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best. Tom Rachman articlecommoncondition share on social
When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life. Ralph Peters deathfictionlife Change image and share on social
Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold? Shirley Booth accidentaircold Change image and share on social