Archive for the ‘Death’ Category

John Taylor on Death

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.

- John Taylor

Mark Twain on Death

Friday, August 11th, 2006

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

- Mark Twain

Stewart Alsop on Death

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

- Stewart Alsop

Maurice Maeterlinck On Death

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.

- Maurice Maeterlinck

Tennessee Williams On Death

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.

- Tennessee Williams

Clarence Darrow On Death

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

- Clarence Darrow