1,990 Quotes About Suicide

Your commercial system has claimed thousands of victims, why not grant a few to Werther?

The freedom of death is the ultimate compensation for the misery of life.

Crediting someone for your unhappiness is about not taking responsibility yourself.

The same brain that we believe will help us survive, can, actually, lead us straight into death. That’s because it is only programmed for one thing: to make us fight or flee danger, threat, or vulnerability. And if it conjures up the perception that the danger and vulnerability of life exceeds that of death, this brain can lead us to suicide. So sad.

And I realize that's the difference. I realize that I still have everything to lose. The possibility of my sister and Elias and Catcher and my future. I'd lose sunrises and stars and the feel of Catcher's heat against my lips. I'd miss the taste of snow and the smell of the first flower of spring. I'd miss laughing and crying and all the moments in between.

Being jobless is not a reason to end a life. In my opinion, no reason is worth to end your life.

I believe that deciding upon the time and place of your death is the ultimate expression of self-ownership. It seems clear to me that anyone who professes a belief in personal freedom cannot be opposed to suicide. Freedom to choose how and when we die is a fundamental right.

I've read the stories. Teenagers committing suicide because all they can see ahead of them is shame and disgrace. Kids running away from home because they feel like they've list their future. Well, I'm not having that happen to Torin.

It is a tragedy to see the medical profession move from suicide prevention to suicide facilitation. The right-to-die movement presents euthanasia as compassionate. But disparaging human life as expendable is not compassionate. The term 'compassion' literally means 'to suffer with' (com=with, passion=suffer). True compassion means being willing to suffer on behalf of others, loving them enough to bear the burden of caring for them.