#death

I inherited a pound from my British uncle. I’d have rather gotten a dollar, because what do I want with an animal shelter?
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— Jarod Kintz

#animal-shelter #british #death #desire #die

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#humor #death

When death tells a story yo really have to listen ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death

A tip for increased sales or in situations of life or death: Try to always refer to the lady as Miss. or Ms. Using the term: Ma'am could piss her off. ↗

— Ginnetta Correli

#death #humor #lady #life #woman

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146) ↗

— Julia Cameron

#dying #life #living #death

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it. ↗

— David Gemmell

#death #age

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life. ↗

— Ralph Peters

#death #fiction #i #life #reality

The second Cocoon questions that and deals much more directly with the value of living in the real world with its trials and tribulations. I would say it's about that and not about aging or death. ↗

— Daniel Petrie

#aging #cocoon #deals #death #directly

Everyone else felt the need to assure me that Mother's death was part of God's plan. Exactly, I wanted to shout after reading this sentiment half a dozen times--- his plan is to kill us all, and if an innocent child dies in agony and a wicked man breathes his last at an advanced age in his sleep, who are we to call it injustice? ↗

— Valerie Martin

#death #god #grief #injustice #religion

Bhikkhus, the teaching is merely a vehicle to describe the truth. Don’t mistake it for the truth itself. A finger pointing at the moon is not the moon. The finger is needed to know where to look for the moon, but if you mistake the finger for the moon itself, you will never know the real moon. The teaching is like a raft that carries you to the other shore. The raft is needed, but the raft is not the other shore. An intelligent person would not carry the raft around on his head after making it across to the other shore. Bhikkhus, my teaching is the raft which can help you cross to the other shore beyond birth and death. Use the raft to cross to the other shore, but don’t hang onto it as your property. Do not become caught in the teaching. You must be able to let it go. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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