“My husband is so cheap. On Christmas Eve, he fires one shot and tells the kids Santa committed suicide.” KidsFireHusbandShotsSuicideCommittedMy HusbandSantaChristmas Eve Author:Phyllis Diller
“No matter how successful, beloved, influential her work was, when a woman author dies, nine times out of ten, she gets dropped from the lists, the courses, the anthologies, while the men get kept. ... If she had the nerve to have children, her chances of getting dropped are higher still. ... So if you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.” IfsMenWantWritingChildrenStillsMatterKidsDiesCoursesChanceSuccessfulTakenHe ManHigherTenSuicideListsNineCommitBelovedNervesInfluentialAnthology Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.” IfsWantWritingKidsDiesTakenAppreciateSuicideCommit Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not the fact that too many of our kids are being murdered in the schools and on the streets.” FactsProblemKidsSchoolParentStreetsCoupleGaySuicideTransgenderGay CouplesPda Author:Steven Petrow
“I think people take Blink-128 more seriously now than they did before. And it's largely our fault because we called our records Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. We were always kind of the underdogs, especially critically. People wrote us off as this joke band. But the people who listened to Blink knew that we were silly and whatever, but we wrote songs about divorce and suicide and depression. Those kids that were listening to Blink are now the ones that control all these outlets that used to just write us off.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindKidsSongListeningJokesSuicideDivorceSillyBlinkUnderdog Author:Mark Hoppus
“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.” ThinkingRealRealityKidsGriefAttentionSuicideVery Good Author:Phil Elvrum
“I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them.” PeopleThinkingTryingCareKidsDealsExistenceMurderSuicideNon Existence Author:Richard Russo
“We've got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.” InspirationalMotivationalKidsJobsValuesTeachHealthyFundamentalsSuicideWell BeingSuicidal ThoughtsBetter JobsGood Values Author:Bobby Orr
“Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.” InspirationalShouldTryingSaidMatterMotivationalKidsGrowsGrowing UpHealthyNo Matter WhatSuicideWell BeingThese DaysSuicidal ThoughtsGood Relationship Author:Abigail Van Buren
“If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids in the first place ?” IfsFirstsKidsDeathSongStupidTelevisionSuicide Author:Marilyn Manson
“All I wanted to do was help kids not feel alone, and stop kids from committing suicide.” FeelsHelpingKidsSuicideCommitting Suicide Author:Kid Cudi
“One of my favorite games when I was a kid was 'murder/suicide'. Dad would show us a photo and ask us: 'Is it a murder or a suicide ?'” ShowsKidsDeathAsksGamesDadMurderSuicideMy Favorite Author:Colleen Doran
“There's nothing heroic about suicide bombers. They're mostly just dumb, brainwashed kids, stoned out of their minds.” MindKidsSuicideDumbHeroicBrainwashedBombersSuicide Bombers Author:Marcus Luttrell
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is a choice and I think if we work with that with kids, we'll get somewhere.” IfsThinkingProblemKidsChoicesSolutionsSuicidePermanentTemporary Author:Peter Lynch
“Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide, and the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use.” KnowsWellsUseShowsBigsKidsSchoolTogetherSexStudyDrinkDrugEatingTraditionSuicideSmokeDisorderVegetablesDelayForksEating DisorderHaving Sex Author:Nancy Gibbs
“Talk about cheap - on Christmas Eve, my neighbour shoots off three blanks and tells his kids Santa Claus just committed suicide.” KidsThreeSuicideCommittedChristmasSantaNeighbourSanta ClausChristmas Eve Author:Milton Berle
“Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!” YearsTwoRealEyeKidsPastYoungFoundChanceMy OwnEventsShapesYears AgoSuicideBottomWideReal LifeCaliforniaEncountersFortyCliffsNephewLandmarksMansonEyes Wide OpenChance Encounters Author:Andrew Gross
“Seven little crazy kids chopping up sticks; One burnt her daddy up and then there were six. Six little crazy kids playing with a hive; One tattooed himself to death and then there were five. Five little crazy kids on a cellar door; One went all schizo and then there were four. Four little crazy kids going out to sea; One wouldn't say a word and then there were three. Three little crazy kids walking to the zoo; One jerked himself too much and then there were two. Two little crazy kids sitting in the sun; One a took a bunch of pills and then there was one. One little crazy kid left all alone; He went and slit his wrists, and then there were none.” KidsSilenceCrazySuicideNotesTattooPillsBurnDrownSuicide NotesSchizoJerkingSlitting Book:Suicide Notes Source: Suicide Notes