1,990 Quotes About Suicide

  • Author John Bright
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    The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.

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  • Author Julie Burchill
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    Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

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  • Author Lauren Bacall
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    I’m not ashamed of what I am - of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just take up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me - what they will hold - but I’m open to suggestions.

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  • Author Les Brown
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    People getting ready to go to jobs that they don’t like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. When you have some goal out here that you are stretching for and reaching for that takes you out of your comfort zone, you’ll find out some talents and abilities you have that you didn’t know you have.

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  • Author Les Brown
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    When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide.

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  • Author Lois McMaster Bujold
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    It was suicide, wasn't it?" "In an involuntary sort of way," said Vorob'yev. "These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate." "Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw?" murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip. "Exactly, my lord.

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  • Author Lord Byron
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    A sleep without dreams, after a rough day of toil, is what we covet most; and yet How clay shrinks back from more quiescent clay! The very Suicide that pays his debt at once without installments (an old way of paying debts, which creditors regret) Lets out impatiently his rushing breath, less from disgust of life than dread of death.

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  • Author Mel Brooks
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    Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.

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  • Author Napoleon Bonaparte
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    It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.

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