Is there a point at which we hit a tipping point and all of this economic, cultural and moral trouble sends us into a death spiral we can't get out of? Joel C. Rosenberg culturaldeatheconomic Change image and share on social
The minute we stop learning, we begin death, the process of dying. We learn from each other with every action we perform. We are teaching goodness or evil every time we step out of the house and into the street. Leo Buscaglia actionbegindeath share on social
I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man. Jay Parini 1980scombativecomplicate share on social
We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves. Katherine Paterson dealdeathdie Change image and share on social
Corporeal death is not the whole story. Tom Stoppard corporealdeathstory Change image and share on social
Horrible things happen all our lives; we all experience loss and death and trauma. Usually, most people, I think, we just get on with it. We don't have a whole soliloquy in the middle of something. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau deathexperiencehappen Change image and share on social
You've gotta know what death is to know life! Jack Kevorkian deathgottahave Change image and share on social
I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end. Pope John XXIII deathendfollow Change image and share on social
Sometimes the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the early bird gets frozen to death. Myron Scholes birddeathearly Change image and share on social
They say the death of a parent puts you in time because that means there's now no generation standing between you and ordinary death: you're next. I don't buy it. Bruce Jackson buydeathgeneration Change image and share on social