We love the sight of the brown and ruddy earth; it is the color of life, while a snow-covered plain is the face of death. Yet snow is but the mask of the life-giving rain; it, too, is the friend of man, the tender, sculpturesque, immaculate, warming, fertilizing snow. John Burroughs browncolorcover share on social
All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay. Jeanne Moreau baydeathdeterioration Change image and share on social
The news of any politician's death should be listed under 'Public Improvements.' Frank Dane deathimprovementlist Change image and share on social
Perhaps grief is not about empty, but full. The full breath of life that includes death. The completeness, the cycles, the depth, the richness, the process, the continuity and the treasure of the moment that is gone the second you are aware of it. Alysia Reiner awarebreathcompleteness share on social
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap. Anthony Hopkins deathdiehuman Change image and share on social
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by injection or the electric chair, it's clear that - that the death penalty, in and of itself, is not considered cruel and unusual punishment. Antonin Scalia absolutelychairclear share on social
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. Ayn Rand achieveavoiddeath 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
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