Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik Erikson childdeathelder Change image and share on social
Human experience resembles the battered moon that tracks us in cycles of light and darkness, of life and death, now seeking out and now stealing away from the sun that gives it light and symbolizes eternity. Eugene Kennedy battercycledarkness 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
I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it. Sakshi Tanwar acceptbirthcompletely Change image and share on social
When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me. Morrissey appealbeddeath 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