Quotes about "Death & Mortality"

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death. ”

I learned through his death that, hey, life is short. You think you're going to live to be 75 years of age, and Brian proved that you're not going to live that long. ”

As time goes on, at both DC and Marvel, characters notch up so many victories that we often start to think of them as infallible, which is kind of death for adventure fiction. ”

I do a lot of book signings and conventions every year, and I meet a great many readers who are struggling... they're working through illness, injury, addiction, depression, grief, or some other trauma. It seems to me that there's a lot of heroism in fighting those things as well, as best you can. ”

In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. ”

I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives? ”

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them. ”

Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It's been a really, really long time since we had something to celebrate that didn't involve a sports team. I'd rather it had been a non-death-related occasion, but we'll take what we can get. ”

The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century. ”

You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason. ”