I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Death's pale flag advanced in his cheeks.

Death's pale flag advanced in his cheeks.

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took read more

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life. Death was like love, a romantic escape. I took pills because I didn't want to throw myself off my balcony and know people would photograph me lying dead below.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable read more

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. [1 Corinthians 15:26].

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. [1 Corinthians 15:26].

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.

Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.