“Life flows on over death as water closes over a stone dropped into a pool. ... Fate is certain; death is certain; but the courage and nobility of men and women matter more than these.” MenMatterCertainWaterFateMen And WomenFlowStonesLife And DeathPoolNobilityCertain Death Author:Winifred Holtby
“Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising.” WorldMatterFacesWaterThis WorldBehaveRisingLife And Death Author:Raymond Carver
“Upon the purple tree-tops far away, and on the green height near at hand up which the shades were slowly creeping, there was an equal hush. Between the real landscape and its shadow in the water, there was no division; both were so untroubled and clear, and, while so fraught with solemn mystery of life and death, so hopefully reassuring to the gazer's soothed heart, because so tenderly and mercifully beautiful.” HeartRealHandsBeautifulWaterNatureClearMysteryTreeEqualShadowGreenHopefullyLandscapeHeightLife And DeathDivisionShadeFar AwayPurpleSolemnHushReassuringMystery Of LifeHands UpTree Tops Book:The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit Source: The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit
“I never sat down and decided to make work about life and death. It just all comes out of my head like water pouring out of a jug.” WaterDecidedDown AndSatLife And DeathPouringJugs Author:David Shrigley