Quotes of: Deaths Keyword

Captain Hale, alone, without sympathy or support, save that from above, on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible; that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.

William Hull

I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.

T. D. Jakes

Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.

Boris Pasternak

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

Paul Theroux

You know, I just don't believe that art is supposed to make sense. I really don't think it's supposed to be analyzed to death. It's left to the listener or looker to get what they can get from it.

Shelby Lynne

Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.

1Q84

Death was a leech; no matter which side of the spectrum you were on, either dead or alive, it fed. It either acquired your soul or devoured all your joyful emotions.

Abyss

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

The Angel Experiment

I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

Aesop's Fables

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.

All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

Just when the question of how to live had become clearer to him, a new insoluble problem presented itself - Death.

Anna Karenina

They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, heaven or hell is born.

Aleph

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

The Art of Saying Goodbye: A Novel

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

The Apology

...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

The Apology

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

The Apology

And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death bed: He will never come again.

Hamlet

It is as if people refused to leave their dead alone, forced them back into the light, made them keep their composure even in death.

Homecoming

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance, and plant your feet.

Hunger

Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse.

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations