In the
democracy of the dead all men at last are equal.
There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in
the republic of the grave.
-- John J. Ingalls
Since
the death instinct exists in the heart of everything
that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress
it, since everything that lives longs for rest, let
us unfasten the ties that bind us to life, let us
cultivate our death wish, let us develop it, water
it like a plant, let it grow unhindered. Suffering
and fear are born from the repression of the death
wish.
-- Eugene Ionesco
1912-, Romanian-born
French Playwright
The
difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't
tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the
fun come in?
-- Alice James
1848-1892, American
Diarist, Sister of Henry, William James
I'm
not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain
can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social
ostracism cannot be taken away.
-- Derek Jarman
1942-, British
Filmmaker, Artist, Author
