I mean whatever kills you kills you and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions the emotions - it becomes sterile silly and actually without substance.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

Divorce is probably as painful as death.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person he was so excited about having a child.