Tag Archives: Quotes about Death

“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”

- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
Posted on January 2, 2015 by Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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“I don’t mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.”

- George Axelrod
Posted on December 12, 2014 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

 

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“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.”

- E. E. Cummings
Posted on November 14, 2014 by Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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Atul Gawande Says Doctors And Patients Should Stop Running From Death

The physician explains that patients often live longer when they opt out of unecessary medical interventions
Posted on October 22, 2014 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Holding onto life is our most basic and natural instinct. If we have every medical treatment that can extend life at our fingertips, why not use it? Physician Atul Gawande disagrees. In his latest book Being Mortal, he questions whether these … Continue reading →

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”When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

- William Saroyan
Posted on September 2, 2014 by Zoë Byrne (Editor in Chief, SevenPonds)

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”In America they really do mythologise people when they die.” 

”If death is this brilliant slide, this high, fine music felt as pure vibration, this plunging float in wind and silence, it’s not so … Continue reading →

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”In America they really do mythologise people when they die.”

- Robin Williams
Posted on August 19, 2014 by Kimberly Lane (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
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