A human being is still more likely to die of a bee sting, snake bite or, Lord knows, automobile accident than by shark attack. We do not execute the perpretrators of death by car. We should not butcher an animal for an inadvertent homicide. Peter Benchley accidentanimalattack share on social
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Don Miguel Ruiz alivebigdeath Change image and share on social
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. Julie Burchill completelycorrectdeath share on social
It is one of the sternest judgments confronting a human being after death that insofar as he is himself evil, he can see only what resembles himself because he can reproduce in his own being only the physiognomy of other evil people. Rudolf Steiner confrontdeathevil share on social
Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. Hilaire Belloc deathfalllife Change image and share on social
The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life. Thomas Mann deathlifeparcel Change image and share on social
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. Joseph Stalin deathmanmillion Change image and share on social
If chick-lit really is taking a commercial battering, I'd suggest it's because the marketing has been done to death. Covering everything in girlie pink and putting chocolate in the title may once have been a clever Pavlovian device but now makes readers feel a bit sick. Jojo Moyes batterbitechick share on social
I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that. Grace Slick deathpeopleremind Change image and share on social
Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. John Ralston Saul absolutedeathdebatable Change image and share on social