• "To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death." - Jean Anouilh Tweet
• "It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible." - Cate Blanchett Tweet
• "Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not." - Jane Smiley Tweet
• "For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night." - Sophocles Tweet
• "It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death." - Thomas Mann Tweet
• "Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time." - George Carlin Tweet
• "It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem." - Wangari Maathai Tweet
• "Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep." - Lord Byron Tweet
• "I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death." - Patrick Henry Tweet
• "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." - Thomas Paine Tweet