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
A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies. Gustave Flaubert friend Change image and share on social
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Pope John Paul II absurddeathhumanity share on social
The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life. Pierre Salinger americandeathgreat 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
You look up at drama, down at comedy. A singer, looking up is okay. A comic, it's death. Buddy Hackett comedycomicdeath Change image and share on social
Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. Charlotte Perkins Gilman conditiondeathessential Change image and share on social
I've thought from the start that a parallel federal investigation into the death of Michael Brown is important. I also believe that our state and local elected officials have been given a responsibility by the people who they work for to get to the bottom of this tragedy. Roy Blunt bottombrowndeath share on social
The death of the forest is the end of our life. Dorothy Stang deathendforest Change image and share on social