death

"We think that we have been alive since a certain point in time and that prior to that moment, our life did not exist. This distinction between life and non-life is not correct. Life is made of death, …"

"Belgian Parliament The findings of the Belgian Commission of 2001 investigating Belgian involvement in the death of Lumumba. Documents at the bottom of the page are in English."

"Dead we become the lumber of the world."

"Conservative: One who admires radicals a century after they're dead."

"The only cure for grief is action."

"Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I…"

"Not to speak evil of the dead."

"In war-time on the field or in the fleet, a mortal punishment decreed by a drum-head court — on the field sometimes decreed by but a nod from the General — follows without delay on the heel of convict…"

"He had often noticed that six months' oblivion amounts to newspaper-death, and that resurrection is rare. Nothing is easier, if a man wants it, than rest, profound as the grave."

"Several days later, I tell a neighbor, a man I know well, that my mother died and that the floor lamp in my bedroom came on during the night. My neighbor is sincerely sorry to hear of my mother’s deat…"

"No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal."

"The ocean ate the last of the land and poured into the smoking gulf, thereby giving up all it had ever conquered. From the new-flooded lands it flowed again, uncovering death and decay; and from its a…"

"Don't you dare call me optimistic. grave insult."

"We inflict our rage for immortality on things, marooning them on static islands."

"After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months."

"Most of us do our best not to think about death. But there’s always part of our minds that knows this can’t go on forever. Part of us always knows that we’re just a doctor’s visit away, or a phone cal…"

"This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!"

"Death comes black and hard, rushing down on me from the future, with no possible chance of escape."

"The perfect ghost story is the story of Possession," he said, "and that is hypnotism from beyond the grave. This is possible since hypnotism is by the will, and the will is immortal. A number of notab…"

"There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death,"