“You must not expect my survival…”
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891–1945) Japanese general
Letter to his wife http://members.tripod.com/iwo_jima_project/id6.htm.
"No you don't," Miles put in. "Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.
Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)
“You must not expect my survival…”
Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891–1945) Japanese general
Letter to his wife http://members.tripod.com/iwo_jima_project/id6.htm.
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
Speech at Binghamton Community High School (1968).
Other
“Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.”
James Frey book The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
Source: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
Taisen Deshimaru (1914–1982) Japanese Buddhist monk
As quoted in A Galaxy Not So Far Away : Writers and Artists on Twenty-five Years of Star Wars (2002) by Glenn Kenny, p. 99
“To survive, you must tell stories.”
Umberto Eco book The Island of the Day Before
The Island of the Day Before
“But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.”
Garth Nix (1963) Australian fantasy writer
Kate DiCamillo book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Source: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
“First you must learn to smile as you kill.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Working Class Hero"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
“Assumptions and expectations will kill any relationship, so let’s you and me not go there, okay?”
Ruth Ozeki book A Tale for the Time Being
Source: A Tale for the Time Being