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“From the perspective of the one committing suicide, his or her act can be one of the most perverse forms of moral manipulation, as it abandons those left behind to their shame, guilt, and grief. Suicide is something like a metaphysical "I gotcha!" It is often an attempt to kill or wound others.”

Form Left Grief Behinds Moral Perspective Shame Suicide Guilt Wounds Abandon Manipulation Metaphysical Left Behind Committing Suicide

Book:The Hauerwas Reader

Source: The Hauerwas Reader

“Youth knows no remedy for grief but death.”

Knows Grief Youth Suicide Remedy

Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of

Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.”

Said Ends Matter Feelings Would Be Life Is Grief Fool Concerned Suicide Bitter Why Not Succession

Author:Stendhal

“I'm not ... pumped about being alive. But I don't think about suicide ever. I have a kid. I think that's just an automatic shut-off of that idea. In fact, I just instantly went into the necessities of parenting, and I think it's been very good for grief. Because it's a reality check, I guess. I have very real tasks that need immediate attention all the time.”

Thinking Real Reality Kids Grief Attention Suicide Very Good

Author:Phil Elvrum

“I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind, the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release.”

Heart Left Term Grief Behinds Argument Suicide Release Awful Suicidal Left Behind Famine

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)

“Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.”

Death Grief Tears Suicide Funeral Expenditures Enriching Pageant Undertaker

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only in the moment of speaking. The need to tell is both a need to tell oneself and a need to be heard.... Telling and being heard are the first steps toward reconnection.”

Ifs Needs Firsts Humans Moments Speak Grief Steps Heard Suicide Oneself Spheres First Steps Unspeakable

Author:Victoria Alexander

“If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.”

Ifs Knows Soul Sleep Grief Sad Died Suicide Pills Bleeding Sleeping Pills

Author:Clifford Odets