Quotes about "Death & Mortality"

A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime. ”

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths. ”

Bulls can do nothing to demand justice. They can only defend themselves as best they can in a fight with a pre-determined ending and die never knowing why they were forced to endure such a painful and prolonged death. It's up to us, as a civilized society, to call for an end to the Running of the Bulls and bullfighting. ”

Not a day has gone by in my life when I haven't thought about death. ”

I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm. ”

I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm. ”

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying. ”

I have been bowling at the death sometimes. You need to focus. You know if you miss your target, you will go for a boundary, but it's also good because it makes you a really good bowler. You practise hard, and you try to bowl in one area most of the time. ”

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did. ”

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it. ”