You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth that's the American Cycle. You know awakening tragic horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story again and again.

I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.

Quarreling over food and drink having neither scruples nor shame not knowing right from wrong not trying to avoid death or injury not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.

I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot.

It is not tolerable it is not possible that from so much death so much sacrifice and ruin so much heroism a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death appearing and disappearing at will.

Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.

The desire to die was my one and only concern to it I have sacrificed everything even death.

I am not the born how can there be either birth or death for me?

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker who was such a warm friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well they'll say 'God he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you they'll follow you to the death.

Everybody is entertained to death.

The day of my birth my death began its walk. It is walking toward me without hurrying.

After the writer's death reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.