It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

Quote by Ellyn Bache

Topics: Death Quotes, Illness Quotes, Laughter Quotes, Life Quotes

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.

If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...

I am sworn brother, sweet, To grim Necessity, and he and I Will keep a...

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no...

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no...

There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument...

There is one single fact which we may oppose to all the wit and argument...

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

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

Thank God life outlives death.

Thank God life outlives death.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches,...

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do...

Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do...

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself...

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself...

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

Merciful death, how you love your precious guilt.

Merciful death, how you love your precious guilt.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Live or die, But don't poison everything.

Life is too short when you think of the length of death.

Life is too short when you think of the length of death.

Death is life in reverse.

Death is life in reverse.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...