I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, ‚If wet, in the library.‘ Who could say that this is bad?

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

Which death is preferably to every other? ‚The unexpected‘.

Winning the title in England is the biggest challenge of them all.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Language is wine upon the lips.

In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later – yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well have seen the funerals of many of your siblings before you were very old.

Death is acceptable only if it represents the physically necessary passage toward a union, the condition of a metamorphosis.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.

People have to understand one thing: at the age of 18, I arrived at a dream club like Manchester United. It was a dream come true. But, even at that moment, I was thinking about playing in England for some years and then going to play in Spain. Even at that time I was thinking that way, and I always gave 100% everything.

Obviously, there’s a part of me that takes the world of violence and death very seriously. However, when it comes to protection, or when it comes to just the skill of shooting… I’ve gone to the range with sniper rifles and things like that.

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can’t really understand why it doesn’t obsess everyone – I think it does really, I’m just a little more out about it.

Our words will either bring life and victory or death and destruction. If we want to be happy, we have to be serious about speaking words of life that line up with God’s Word.

I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

Waste brings woe, and sorrow hates despair.

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.

There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Millions of people die every day. Everyone’s got to go sometime.

I won’t belong to any organization that would have me as a member.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

It was something I never expected to – I never expected the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers.

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

It is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

In order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us all. The sea, rains, necessity, desire, the struggle against death… these are things that unite us all.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.

Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

What we live by we die by.

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It’s fine to be a pop star. ‚Oh, it’s great, lots of fun, aren’t they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!‘

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.