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“I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.”

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Book:Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters

Source: Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters

“I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder?”

Wonder Paper Suicide Committed Papers

Author:Robert E. Howard

“Some people say that suicide is a sin, but I have never believed that. I say it's God's way of calling certain folks home early. It's much nicer than an awful accident, where the rest of us are left wondering if the person really wanted to go.”

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Book:The Cape Ann: A Novel

Source: The Cape Ann: A Novel

“When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New York you encounter paranoids who wonder if you will commit suicide--not that they care; what they worry about is blood on their fresh paint, a dubious smell in the hallway, or a hole in the awning as you pass through on your way to the sidewalk. The Southerner who moves to any part of the country has problems, but the culture shock that attacks the Southerner who moves North is almost indescribable.”

Source: Southern ladies and gentlemen

“Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.”

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Author:Vaclav Havel

“Because depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it's very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they've lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love. So if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it's most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.”

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Author:Keith Ablow

“There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that.”

Ifs Has Beens Certain Energy Causes Wonder My Family Murder Suicide Primaries

Author:Rose McGowan

“Life's been good to me. Why am I so lonely and bored? I used to wonder why so many rich men commit suicide. I no longer wonder.”

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Author:O. J. Simpson

“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

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Book:Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)

Source: Moving Pictures: (Discworld Novel 10)

“Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.”

Ifs Games Wonder Suicide Missions

Author:Veronica Roth

“What do you do when you don't know what to do? No wonder there are more suicides among psychiatrists than in any other profession.”

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Author:R. D. Laing

“One of the things about living in the shadow of a suicide is that everyone involved is going to have some guilt, is going to wonder, 'What could I have done? What could I have said?'”

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Author:Philip Connors

“What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide?”

Ifs Way Humans Wonder Destiny Suicide Toys

Author:Rachel Cohn