Death Quote by Edward Williams — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I felt like a secret agent, relying on my wits and charm to keep me alive amidst an epidemic of violent death”

“It’s not that we have to quit”

“Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead.”

“You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. ... The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.”

“But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?”

“The body tries to stop the mind from killing itself, no matter the cost. It is only the lack of strength, the fatigue that lets the jumpers fall at last.”

“Well, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody's reading. [...] An old one. It's up on a library shelf, so you're safe and everything, but the book hasn't been checked out for a long, long time. All you can do is wait. Just hope somebody'll pick it up and start reading.”