„People die all the time. It's just that you're not around.“

„You can't just go around killing people.
You're right. You can't go around killing people.“

—  Cassandra Clare American author 1973

„It's true that old actors don't die, their parts get smaller. You're less likely to get the part, many parts, if you're playing people your age as opposed to people who are younger. There are fewer parts around.“

—  Albert Finney English actor 1936 - 2019

Interview with Paul Fischer at Dark Horizons (2 December 2003).

„When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.“

—  Sue Monk Kidd, könyv The Secret Life of Bees

Forrás: The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

„…when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, könyv Dear John

Savannah Lynn Curtis, Chapter 4, p. 71
Változat: ... when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.
Forrás: 2000s, Dear John (2006)

„If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind.“

—  Alice Walker American author and activist 1944

„the tired sunsets and the tired
people -
it takes a lifetime to die and
no time at
all.“

—  Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994

„I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.“

—  Sue Monk Kidd, könyv The Secret Life of Bees

Forrás: The Secret Life of Bees

„[ Computing ] is just a fabulous place for that, because it's a place where you don't have to be a Ph. D. or anything else. It's a place where you can still be an artisan. People are willing to pay you if you're any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.“

—  Alan Kay computer scientist 1940

Alan Kay (1972) in 1972 Rolling Stone article http://www.wheels.org/spacewar/stone/rolling_stone.html
1970s

„Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them.
This only looks like love.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk, könyv Invisible Monsters

Forrás: Invisible Monsters

„"All living things are afraid to die."
"No, you're exactly wrong, the only truly alive beings are those unafraid to die."“

—  David Zindell, könyv Neverness

Neverness (1988)

„You're just a package. You're in a cage and people poke you with a stick.“

—  Ian Brady British serial killer, perpetrator of the Moors murders 1938 - 2017

Article, Evening Standard, Tue 25 June 2013, pp.1-4

„You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.“

—  Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key

Forrás: Lock and Key

„… every time you lose, you die a little, inside. Not all your organs… maybe just your liver.“

—  George Allen

„I don’t want to die,” A. J. says after a bit. “I just find it difficult to be here all the time.“

—  Gabrielle Zevin American writer 1977

Forrás: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

„You're probably wondering what's going to happen to you. That's easy. The same thing is going to happen to you that has happened to every other human being who has ever lived. You're going to die. We all die. That's just how it is.“

—  Ernest Cline, könyv Ready Player One

Forrás: Ready Player One

„To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time.
That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life
while you're living.“

—  Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

Forrás: Tuesdays with Morrie

„I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and bad times, but in the end you'll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I've knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.“

—  Cormac McCarthy, könyv No Country for Old Men

Forrás: No Country for Old Men (2005)
Kontextus: I aint got all that many regrets. I could imagine lots of things that you might think would make a man happier. I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and bad times, but in the end you'll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I've knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.

„For the rest of history, all over the world, people will be trying to save this same dead woman. This woman who just wanted to die.“

—  Chuck Palahniuk, könyv Haunted

Forrás: Haunted (2005), Chapter 9, Exodus

„Losing hope is easy
When your only friend is gone
And every time you look around
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
But hanging on is easy
When you've got a friend to call
When nothings making sense at all
You're not the only one that's afraid of change“

—  Jack Johnson (musician) American musician 1975

Losing Hope
Song lyrics, Brushfire Fairytales (2001)