“My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.” KnowsLooksMotherThreeDiedCancerBreathingClockChristmas DayMother Died Book:The Long Goodbye: A Memoir Source: The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
“Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?” PeopleLittlesTwoWarKidsThreeBitsParentMemoriesPoorWifeThousandLittle BitDiedSoldierZeroEntitledPoor PeopleGround Zero Author:Carl Paladino
“Few of Caesar's assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.” YearsThreeBedDiedThree YearsAssassins Author:Suetonius
“When I went through a really intense break-up - you know, I was engaged - the thing that gave me the most anxiety was not knowing what to do with myself when Disney wasn't there to carry me anymore or if I didn't have him. And now I'm FREE of both of those things and I'm fine. I lay in bed at night by myself and I'm totally OK and that's so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn't have a boyfriend.” IfsKnowsYearsPersonsNightThreeBreakKnowingFineBedAnxietyYears AgoDiedStrongerLaysIntenseEngagedThree YearsNot KnowingKnowing What To Do Author:Miley Cyrus
“Three-hundred times as many people died in Hamburg during the ten-day blitz as died in Coventry during the entire course of the war. “Not even Hiroshima and Nagasaki, suffering the smashing blows of nuclear explosions, could match the utter hell of Hamburg.” PeopleWarSufferingThreeCoursesHellTenHundredDiedBlowNuclearExplosionsHiroshimaSmashingBlitzHiroshima And NagasakiCoventry Author:Martin Caidin
“My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.” IfsWantGivingYearsChildrenStillsTwoWarUsedMotherCertainThreeFatherNiceGrewGrew UpCapableDiedRaisedTwo YearsNice ThingsPeanutsPensionFather DiedTwo Year OldsMy Father DiedThriftyParsimony Author:Giulio Andreotti
“a novel is not born of a single idea. The stories I've tried to write from one idea, no matter how terrific an idea, have sputtered out and died by chapter three. For me, novels have invariably come from a complex of ideas that in the beginning seemed to bear no relation to each other, but in the unconscious began mysteriously to merge and grow. Ideas for a novel are like the strong guy lines of a spider web. Without them the silken web cannot be spun.” WritingIdeasMatterStoriesGuyThreeStrongGrowsBornLinesNovelBearsRelationDiedComplexesUnconsciousChaptersSpidersTerrificSpunSpider Web Author:Katherine Paterson
“In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words--liberty, equality, and fraternity--do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals.” PeopleThreeLibertyMillionsTenEssentialsIdealsDiedPhrasesCommandmentsTen CommandmentsFraternityThree Words Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you're blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.” WorldHelpingAbleThreeRealizingWifeChangedWake UpDiedBlessedMy WifeLife ChangingThree TimesJaneChanged My Life Author:Jon Anderson
“I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."” ThinkingEndsFilmDiesThreeParentWatchesDyingMomSceneHarderDiedDown AndMy Mom Author:Garrett Hedlund