1,990 Quotes About Suicide

Von allen Abenteuern ist Selbstmord das literarischste, mehr noch als Mord.

The greatest regret of my military career was as Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq in 2004-2005, he later wrote of the decision he made. I lost 169 soldiers during that year-long deployment. However, the monument we erected at Fort Hood, Texas, in memoriam lists 168 names. I approved the request of others not to include the name of the one soldier who committed suicide. I deeply regret my decision.

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. Dr. Juvenal Urbino noticed it as soon as he entered the still darkened house where he had hurried on an urgent call to attend a case that for him had lost all urgency many years before.

Some commit slow suicide with the sweet poison of their memories.

I jump from a buildingAs if I were falling asleep,The wind like a pillowSlowing me down,Slowing me down As if I were dreaming.Surrounded by air,I come to a stop,And stand like a touristWatching the pigeons.People in offices,Wanting to save me,Open their mouths.'Throw me a stone,' I yell,Wanting to fall.But nobody listens.They throw me a rope.And now I am walking,Taking to you,Talking to youAs if I were dreamingI were alive.

Sometimes, you can't save someone from themselves.

Why do people kill themselves?I think they do it when they can no longer find a reason to keep going. When nothing in heir lives is good enough to balance out the bad. And they do it when they no longer have the courage to carry on past some recent painful experience. They commit what is, in the end, a desperate, final call for help, that is hopefully heard in time by someone else. And what if it's not heard in time? I ask although I know the answer.Then they die.

Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.

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.