Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown. Emile M. Cioran
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. Bodhidharma
We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle. Stokely Carmichael
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. Charles de Gaulle
If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death. Ben Kingsley
I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot. Daniel Radcliffe
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. Xun Zi
I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death. Billy Corgan
You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. Billy Corgan
I was fantasising about my own death, I started thinking what my funeral would be like and what music would be played, I was at that level of insanity. Billy Corgan
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that. Layne Staley
Only in death will I relinquish my belts. Manny Pacquiao
Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. Ruth Ann Minner
When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. Dennis Quaid
Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. Jean Baudrillard
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. David Hume
I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness. George Fox
There is something about poverty that smells like death. Zora Neale Hurston
As long as you don't make waves, ripples, life seems easy. But that's condemning yourself to impotence and death before you are dead. Jeanne Moreau
If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. Mel Brooks