What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value. Millicent Fawcett consecratedeathfinal Change image and share on social
Jesus viewed his own destiny - to be glorified in and through death - as an expression of a kind of cosmic principle: the pathway to life runs through death. John Ortberg cosmicdeathdestiny Change image and share on social
As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to all who affirm life. Resistance means saying 'No' to all the forces of death, wherever they may be. Henri Nouwen affirmdeathdestruction share on social
Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside. Donald Trump countrysidedeathengland Change image and share on social
People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. Polly Toynbee choosedeathdie Change image and share on social
I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent? Patrick Macnee afraidbaloneyclimb share on social
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. Taylor Caldwell catholicdeathdoubt 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
I've been a lucky man. I've only faced one real tragedy: the death of my wife, Maggie, from cancer in 1995. Charles Jencks cancerdeathface Change image and share on social
'Love, Death and the Changing of the Seasons' is a kind of novel in verse about the arc of an urban lesbian love affair - and I suppose there is a certain amount of voyeurism in the consumption of fiction! The 'Sancerre' poems here are more contemplative and about the relationship of the individual to local and wider histories. Marilyn Hacker affairamountarc share on social