1,990 Quotes About Suicide

Suicide is the last attempt of re-emergence of the will of life. - On Suicide

I'm death's lover and I'm going to break death's heart.

God did not give me my life to throw away; and to do as you wish me would, I begin to think, be almost equivalent to committing suicide.

During these first days, when, in the disarray of mind and senses which was the consequence of the iniquitous sentence passed on me, I had resolved to kill myself, my dear wife, with her undaunted devotion and courage, made me realize that it is because I am innocent that I have not the right to abandon her or wilfully to desert my post.

Tant pis pour l'automne valaisan, trop violent d'insupportable beauté si transparente qu'on entrevoit derrière les feuilles un au-delà tant paisible et harmonieux, tant divin, qu'on se balade la corde à la main et la tentation à l'âme.

Not suicide as intended, but suicide that finds its way in naturally as the thing that sustains life is exhausted.

Comment juger, dans un monde où l'on s'efforce de survivre à tout prix, ceux qui décident de mourir ? Personne ne peux juger. chacun connaît la dimension de sa propre souffrance et sait si sa vie est vide de sens.

I’m a firm believer in the right of every man, woman, and animal to end his or her life by choice, with dignity. We don’t choose the moment of our birth, and we certainly don’t choose the form our lives take on this pitiful planet. But we may choose the manner of our passing into the Great Pasture.

Suicide wore the mask of self-rejection; but in reality nobody took their personality more seriously than the person who was planning to kill himself on its instructions. Nobody was more determined to stay in charge at any cost, to force the most mysterious aspect of life into their own imperious schedule.