“The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead. I have watched others since I watched my father, and always with the sense of their strangeness. They sit and speak, and are spoken to, and listen, and even smile, but in spirit they have already moved away from us and there is no way we can enter their shadowy no-man's-land.” DeathSadnessDyingTerminally Ill Book:The Children of Men Source: The Children of Men
“(A murderer about their victim:) "He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed the real thing.” DeathMurderVicarious Doings Book:Unnatural Causes Source: Unnatural Causes
“Human beings have an irresistible urge towards self-sacrifice. They die for any reason or none at all, for meaningless abstractions like patriotism, justice, peace; for other men’s ideals, for other men’s power, for a few feet of earth.” DeathPeaceJusticePowerLandPatriotismSelf Sacrifice Book:An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Source: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman