3 December 2020 Jeanne Moreau It’s just as idiotic to say there is no life after death as it is to say there is one.
3 December 2020 Francois de La Rochefoucauld Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
3 December 2020 Jorge Luis Borges To be immortal is commonplace except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.
3 December 2020 Rita Dove What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg’s importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!
3 December 2020 Garrett Hedlund It’s funny, though, speaking of fathers and sons, because me and John Goodman played father and son, like, five or six years ago in the film ‘Death Sentence,’ and I got back with him again in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis.’
3 December 2020 Stanislav Grof The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.
3 December 2020 Jane Smiley Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer’s is coming mocks all one’s aspirations – to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one’s accomplishments and hard work – in a way that old familiar death does not.
3 December 2020 Corazon Aquino I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
3 December 2020 Liam Neeson But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I’m totally convinced they’re death machines.
3 December 2020 Luke Scott I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, ‘This is la-la land.’ God doesn’t say, ‘Welcome to Earth. Everything’s perfect. There’s no crime. There’s no murder. There’s no death.’ The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard.
3 December 2020 Bear Grylls My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
3 December 2020 John Keats I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.
3 December 2020 Tennessee Williams Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.
3 December 2020 Jean de la Bruyere If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
3 December 2020 Samuel Johnson Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
3 December 2020 Christy Turlington Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives.
3 December 2020 Evelyn Beatrice Hall I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
3 December 2020 Jean Cocteau The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.
