Thinking you're a genius is death. John Jeremiah Sullivan deathgeniusthink Change image and share on social
My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave. Rufus Wainwright bathedeathforce share on social
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne belldeathdiminish Change image and share on social
The people, when they say 'Death to America!' - do you know what they are really saying? What they mean to say relates to the aggressive policies of the U.S. and intervention and meddling by the U.S. Hassan Rouhani aggressiveamericadeath Change image and share on social
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. Nathaniel Hawthorne congratulatedeathdream Change image and share on social
Knowledge is death in my experience. The more I know about film, the harder it is to create freely. Christopher McQuarrie createdeathexperience Change image and share on social
I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes, eyes that had not opened for many, many days, and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love. Patti Davis allowalzheimerarm share on social
At the end of our lives, we step across the threshold or death and enter into a new and better world. I believe that. It's just that simple. Gordon B. Hinckley deathendenter Change image and 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
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. Simone de Beauvoir absoluteagecontrast share on social