The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death. Emile M. Cioran concerndeathdesire Change image and share on social
I have had death threats from people with fixations. Enya deathfixationpeople Change image and share on social
I'm happy to stick with my persona. There are themes of love lost and love regained, but the main themes of all poems are basically love and death, and that seems to be the message of poetry. Billy Collins basicallydeathhappy Change image and share on social
It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy. Brian Perkins beardeatheternal Change image and share on social
The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes to the logical extreme. It is urgent, therefore, that we be joyous if we wish to live. James Stephens compulsiondeathdestruction share on social
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. Polly Toynbee deathdiefear Change image and share on social
Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get. Kevin Spacey deathfencehigh Change image and share on social
If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out? Michael Shannon bludgeondeathgod share on social
Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries. John O. Brennan attackbincapture share on social
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things. Stendhal comparisondeatheasy Change image and share on social