To continue living, we have to die. That's the story of humanity - generation after generation - that we are going to die. There's nothing dramatic about death except that one loses one's life. Jose Saramago continuedeathdie Change image and share on social
My dream was to become a ballet dancer, but after a year in bed with rheumatic fever at 13, I had grown too tall, and had no muscle tone left. I tried a ballet class and couldn't even do a plie without falling over. It was my first death. Carmen Dell'Orefice balletbedclass share on social
But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation. Hans Urs von Balthasar condemnationdeathexistence Change image and share on social
The times in my life when I've been my thinnest, I've been a walking psycho wreck. Forget the fact that I was basically starving myself; skinny was usually due to some kind of loss. Death. Rejection. Divorce. Stephanie Klein basicallydeathdivorce share on social
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. Stanislav Grof actualbiologicalconsequence Change image and share on social
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. Stanislav Grof carefullydeathdeserve Change image and share on social
It's funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film 'Death Sentence,' and I got back with him again in 'Inside Llewyn Davis.' Garrett Hedlund agobackdavis share on social
For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays about growing up as her child, but I never could finish any of them. I think I was too close to that loss, and too eager to try and resolve things, to make her death make sense. Tracy K. Smith childclosedeath share on social
There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future. Saul Alinsky darkdeathdevastate Change image and share on social
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. Roberto Bolano bookdeathend Change image and share on social