“ Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth…suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. ”
- Julie Burchill- Copy
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“ There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say. ”
- Cyril Connolly- Copy
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“ Against self-slaughter there is a prohibition so divine that cravens my weak hand. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards… ”
- Albert Camus- Copy
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“ If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words. ”
- Fran Lebowitz- Copy
- 1K
“ The crime of suicide lies in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind. ”
- E. M. Forster- Copy
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“ If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation. ”
- Steven Wright- Copy
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“ If you must commit suicide… always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of. ”
- George Borrow- Copy
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“ It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
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“ Once you are married, there is nothing for you, not even suicide, but to be good. ”
- Robert Louis Stevenson- Copy
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“ One said of suicide, "As long as one has brains one should not blow them out." And another answered, "But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.". ”
- Francis Herbert Bradley- Copy
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“ Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. ”
- Vaclav Havel- Copy
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“ The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility. ”
- Emil Cioran- Copy
- 288
“ Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak? ”
- Jean Genet- Copy
- 2.9K
“ She was what we used to call a suicide blond - dyed by her own hand. ”
- Saul Bellow- Copy
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“ Saddam Hussein has raised the amount going to suicide bombers from $10 thousand dollars to $25 thousand. What's next, a health care plan? ”
- Jay Leno- Copy
- 1.3K
“ If suicide be supposed a crime, 'tis only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should engage us to rid ourselves at once of existence, when it becomes a burden. ”
- David Hume- Copy
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“ The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is press coverage. ”
- Chuck Palahniuk- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission. ”
- Cesare Pavese- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Suicide is the role you write for yourself. You inhabit it and you enact it. All carefully staged — where they will find you and how they will find you. But one performance only. ”
- Philip Roth- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Razors pain you;Rivers are damp;Acids stain you;And drugs cause cramp;Guns aren't lawful;Nooses give;Gas smells awful;You might as well live. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
- 1.6K
“ We cannot tear out a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire. ”
- George Sand- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Suicide is a man's attempt to give a final human meaning to a life which has become humanly meaningless. ”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Copy
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