Death is a billion-dollar business. They can’t even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don’t you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver’s license? It’s totally insane. 645
‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. 1.83K
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. 938
I’m very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. What’s most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood and adolescence will also disappear. But who knows? Maybe you become part of the eternal whatever. 2.05K
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality. 600
So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. 607
Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. 627
As far as my divorce goes, I love my family and I love my wife to death and I just don’t know what tomorrow’s going to bring. 2.43K
Movies like that aren’t about the visual effects and explosions. They’re human stories about family, about life, about death. 658
