I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. Paulo Coelho brazilcareerdeath share on social
Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom. Rachel Corrie applecookdeath Change image and share on social
Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath. Ram Dass breathdeathdie Change image and share on social
The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears. Paul Bloom 1840scharactercharle share on social
It was so wonderful outside that even the wild senselessness of this enormous death, whose music I hear again and again, could not disturb me from my great enjoyment! Max Beckmann deathdisturbenjoyment Change image and share on social
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. David Sarnoff awebanishdanger Change image and share on social
If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. Khalil Gibran belovedcausedeath Change image and share on social
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. Charles de Gaulle deathemergegreat Change image and share on social
