Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep... →
Amanda Plummer
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
Edgar Allan Poe
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
Paula Poundstone
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the... →
Dawn Powell
I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate... →
Terry Pratchett
The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye... →
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one... →
In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new... →
Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you... →