There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom. Roger Ebert boredomdeathexistential Change image and share on social
Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God's grace. P. J. O'Rourke deathescapeeternally Change image and share on social
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Khalil Gibran deathhonorland Change image and share on social
Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing. Christopher Fry birthbrushdeath Change image and share on social
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. Davy Crockett askcomplaindeath Change image and share on social
I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity. Mads Mikkelsen correctnesscreativitydeath Change image and share on social
Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death. J. M. Coetzee africableedbody Change image and share on social
Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death. Paul Ricoeur contradictioncrossdeath Change image and share on social
I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him. Jill McCorkle agocontinuedad share on social
On the death of his brothers, my dad lied about his age and joined the army in 1918. He was in the trenches long enough to be gassed and contract the early stages of tuberculosis from which he would eventually die just before my birth. Michael Foreman agearmybirth share on social