In every parting there is an image of death. George Eliot deathimagepart Change image and share on social
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. Robert Fulghum curedeathdream share on social
In your teens and twenties, death doesn't exist. In your thirties, you glance down the road occasionally. But then in your forties, it becomes a full-time job looking the other way. John Niven deathexistforty Change image and share on social
People think sport is life and death - it's not. Bradley Wiggins deathlifepeople Change image and share on social
Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking. Drew Gilpin Faust americaamericancivil share on social
The eternal link between Lincoln's life and Passover - the fact that Lincoln's death, marked in the Hebrew calendar, coincides with Passover every year - is certainly fitting, and perhaps even part of the providence that Lincoln began to see in his own life and the life of his nation. Meir Soloveichik begincalendarcoincide share on social
Seasonal changes, as it were, take place in history, when there is practically an almost universal death, a falling of the foliage of the tree of life. Such were the intervals between the ancient and mediaeval time, the mediaeval and the modern. George Edward Woodberry ancientdeathfall share on social
I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be. Norman Schwarzkopf deathkillperson Change image and share on social
I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. Harry Mathews bringcrutchdeath Change image and share on social
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. Benjamin Franklin constitutiondeathmorning Change image and share on social