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“Suicide is an escape from life. What is life? An escape from death. This means that each of us must die twice. There is the death waiting for us ahead, and the death that comes pursuing from behind.... Once you are free at least from the death that comes pursuing you, you can relax and enjoy life as you go along.”

Mean Dies Waiting Enjoy Behinds Suicide Relax Enjoy Life What Is Life

Author:Kobo Abe

“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

“It is tempting when looking at the life of anyone who has committed suicide to read into the decision to die a vastly complex web of reasons; and, of course, such complexity is warranted. No one illness or event causes suicide; and certainly no one knows all, or perhaps even most, of the motivations behind the killing of the self. But psychopathology is almost always there, and its deadliness is fierce. Love, success, and friendship are not always enough to counter the pain and destructiveness of severe mental illness”

“Looking at suicide—the sheer numbers, the pain leading up to it, and the suffering left behind—is harrowing. For every moment of exuberance in the science, or in the success of governments, there is a matching and terrible reality of the deaths themselves: the young deaths, the violent deaths, the unnecessary deaths”

Moments Reality Government Pain Young Suffering Left Numbers Behinds Terrible Suicide Violent Sheer Unnecessary Left Behind Matching Exuberance Violent Death

Book:Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

Source: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”

People Thinking Pain Behinds Suicide Passing Passings Suicidal Passing It

Book:Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

Source: Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

“The crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.”

Feelings Lying Behinds Crime Suicide Human Behavior Disregard

Book:Howards End: England Literature

Source: Howards End: England Literature

“Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed.”

People Dream Behinds Doors Heard Suicide Palms Closed Doors Sideways Behind Closed Doors

Book:Must-Read Teen Novel Sampler: For the Teen in All of Us: A Collection of Fabulous Reads

Source: Must-Read Teen Novel Sampler: For the Teen in All of Us: A Collection of Fabulous Reads

“I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond - the ripples stretch far. Such an act must leave a burden of sorrow, guilt, shame and confusion on an entire family. A natural death, such as my father suffered, is hard enough to deal with. A decision to end one's life must be still more devastating for those left behind. I cannot imagine the degree of hopelessness someone must feel to contemplate such an act.”

“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)

“The Jesus freaks were the worst. While the ‘Suicide Solution’ case was going through the courts they followed me around everywhere. They would picket my shows with signs that read, ‘The Anti-Christ Is Here’. And they’d always be chanting: ‘Put Satan behind you! Put Jesus in front of you!’ One time, I made my own sign – a smiley face with the words ‘Have a Nice Day’ – and went out and joined them. They didn’t even notice. Then, just as the gig was about to start, I put down the sign, said, ‘See ya, guys,’ and went back to my dressing room.”