Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
As quoted by Else Gebel, in letter to Robert Scholl (November, 1946). Original German text. http://www.mythoselser.de/texts/scholl-gebel.htm
Quotes about death and parting
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“Death lurks in the farewell of a true friend.”
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786–1859) French poet
La mort est dans l'adieu d'un ami veritable.
Elégies (1830), Au Sommeil; translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 110.
Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher
Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Metaphysik, § 21 ISBN 978-1494963262
“God died and His death was the life of the world.”
Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher
Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Physik, § 38 ISBN 978-1494963262
“The will must not only despise death, it must love it; for chastity is the love of death.”
Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher
Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Ethik, § 26 ISBN 978-1494963262
“The kingdom of heaven after death, nirvana and absolute nothingness are one and the same.”
Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher
Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Metaphysik (Anhang: Kritik der Lehren Kant’s und Schopenhauer’s) ISBN 978-1494963262
“I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.”
Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster
The Bootleggers
“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life”
Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet
Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi
Freedom (1908)
Source: Oeuvres complètes en seize volumes
“Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland.”
Richard Ramirez (1960–2013) American serial killer
Statement to reporters after his death sentences, taken from The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/07/richard-ramirez-night-stalker-dies
Haile Selassie (1892–1975) Emperor of Ethiopia
Address to the League of Nations (1936)
Context: It is my duty to inform the Governments assembled in Geneva, responsible as they are for the lives of millions of men, women and children, of the deadly peril which threatens them, by describing to them the fate which has been suffered by Ethiopia. It is not only upon warriors that the Italian Government has made war. It has above all attacked populations far removed from hostilities, in order to terrorize and exterminate them.
“Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the brave only die once.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms
