Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.

Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.

You're on earth. There's no cure for that.

When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

Once a child is confronted with the concept of death there's a certain innocence that goes.

I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.