Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature; survival is equally accidental. Each loss is an occasion to remember that survival is a gift.

Quote by Harriet McBryde Johnson

Topics: Death Quotes, Survival Quotes

Thank God life outlives death.

Thank God life outlives death.

The earth shall inherit the meek and the mighty alike. All are equal before the...

The earth shall inherit the meek and the mighty alike. All are equal before the...

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

You spend your entire life becoming God and then you die.

You spend your entire life becoming God and then you die.

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

The ocean, whose tides respond, like women's menses, to the pull of the moon, the...

The ocean, whose tides respond, like women's menses, to the pull of the moon, the...

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with...

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with...

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death...

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death...

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

Poverty is death in another form.

Poverty is death in another form.

Life, death and rebirth are inevitable.

Life, death and rebirth are inevitable.