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“Wanting to kill, wanting to die, in your head they are the same colour, and the door to one leads to the other.”

Book:Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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Marlon James

Marlon James is a Jamaican-American novelist known for his profound social commentary and unique narrative style. His works often focus on the history and culture of the Caribbean, particularly the impact of colonialism and racism. more

“My charge's wife swept in, set some clean towels on the love seat, went rushing back out again. The stacked towels toppled off the love seat. All but one. The fallen towels landed in a heap of plastic detritus from his various medications, near a set of fresh, folded pajamas, which he now would never wear, and a stack of books he now would never read. Everything in the room was touched with the chaos that disrupted the operating energy of a household at such a time and showed that, all along, the appearance of control had been an illusion.”

Death Dying Control Everyday Life Housekeeping

Book:Vigil

Source: Vigil

“Did it hurt to die?" I finally ask. "Well," he says, "it hurt before I died." "Were you afraid?" "Of course. I listened for you, but you never came." My stomach tightens. "I wanted to be there. I couldn't get to you. Don't you think it hurt me to let you die?" He smiles. "I know," he says.”

Pain Death Loss Grief Dying Mourning Dead Being Dead

Book:Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction

Source: Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction

“He refuses, he is in the stairwell, he disappears”

Grief Dying Brother Anne Carson

Book:Nox

Source: Nox

“Death is cruel, so cruel that even just its presence causes suffering. The constant anxiety, sadness and irritability, knowing that nothing will last forever. That all the things we do, make, and achieve, will vanish or be forgotten, including us. All this from the quiet, miserable, senseless neighbour that often visits when we least expect it.”

Death Grief Sadness Dying Nurse Hospital

Book:The Dream To End All Dreams

Source: The Dream To End All Dreams

“This tea is just the right temperature, but I suppose dying means losing my awareness of things like that. Forgetting everything I've ever known.”

Dying Japanese Novel

Book:The Lantern of Lost Memories

Source: The Lantern of Lost Memories

“Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat. The religious delegates did not bother to protest. On the contrary, one of them, a highly regarded member of the catholic sector, said, You're absolutely right, my dear philosopher, that, of course, is why we exist, so that people will spend their entire life with fear hanging round their neck, and then when their time comes, they will then welcome death as a liberation,”

Death Religion Fear Dying

Book:Death with Interruptions

Source: Death with Interruptions

“Mostly," she says, "I'm just really, really thirsty." The body and its petty demands! Grief is crashing over our heads like a tsunami, this miraculous soul is about to be homeless, but thirst is thirst. So I fill her night - this one, beautiful night, the only here and now we've ever got - with Sprite.”

Dying Grief And Loss

Book:We All Want Impossible Things

Source: We All Want Impossible Things

“I don’t want to die here.’ Mathias gave him half a smile. 'I don’t want to die anywhere.”

Death Dying Scott Smith The Ruins

Book:The Ruins

Source: The Ruins

“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. What then kills love? Only this: Neglect. Not to see you when you stand before me. Not to think of you in the little things. Not to make the road wide for you, the table spread for you. To choose you out of habit not desire, to pass the flower seller without a thought. To leave the dishes unwashed, the bed unmade, to ignore you in the mornings, make use of you at night. To crave another while pecking your cheek. To say your name without hearing it, to assume it is mine to call.”

Love

Book:Written On The Body

Source: Written On The Body

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