Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. Ayn Rand achieveavoiddeath Change image and share on social
What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to. Aubrey de Grey 000avoiddeath Change image and share on social
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion. Al Goldstein deathfamefuture Change image and share on social
Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus. Anne Graham Lotz closedeathdoor Change image and share on social
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. Anais Nin betrayalblindnessdeath share on social
I'm interested in characters who should know better, who know they should give up, move on, accept life as it is, with all its constraints - life, death, time - but don't. Alice McDermott acceptcharacterconstraint Change image and share on social
Purposefully exposing young people to increased risks of major brain problems - even death - for sport is surely even more ethically complicated than sending young people into this same neurological danger zone as soldiers. Alice Dreger braincomplicatedanger share on social
Pergamon, a prosperous city in western Anatolia, was fabled to have been founded by Hercules' son. Like many Hellenistic cities populated by Greeks who intermarried with indigenous people, Pergamon after Alexander the Great's death (323 B.C.) had evolved a hybrid of democracy and Persian-influenced monarchy. Adrienne Mayor alexanderanatoliacity share on social
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing. Alan Ball acknowledgeawarecompanion Change image and share on social
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount. Andrew Hudgins deathfinalityimpass Change image and share on social