My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer. Geoffrey Canada cancerclingdeath Change image and share on social
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. Colley Cibber absentassumecease Change image and share on social
It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love move inexorably toward death. Jon Katz animalbeautifuldeath Change image and share on social
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody. Bjork beardeathfeminist share on social
We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. Thomas Browne curedeathdisease Change image and share on social
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. Thomas Browne deathdepartlife Change image and share on social
I don't know if I believe in life after death so much as I believe that there is something out there. Nikki Sixx deathlife Change image and share on social
Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death. Desmond Morris birthdeathlife Change image and share on social
I end up talking about really mundane things with my fans, and then they're kind of like, 'This is boring. I want to go talk to somebody else.' I think I bore my fans to death by over-talking to them. Mike Birbiglia bearboredeath Change image and share on social
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