“Why should we faint and fear to live alone,Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die?Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own,Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh.” KnowsShouldHeartReasonDiesNextHeavenHalfSolitudeReason WhySighAll Alone Book:The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year Source: The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year
“Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'” TryingDiesAsksLeftSpeakConsciousnessStreetsDoctorsMarvelousBeatenSighApesGorillas Author:John McCain
“I would like to think that no one would die anymore if we all believed in daisies but the worms know better, don't they? They slide into the ear of a corpse and listen to his great sigh.” IfsThinkingKnowsDiesEarsSighWormsSlidesCorpsesDaisies Book:The death notebooks Source: The death notebooks