Famous quotes containing the word dying:
“What I behold are feverish fits of strife,
‘Twixt fears of dying and desire of life:”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)
“He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“Listen.
We must all stop dying in the little ways,
in the craters of hate,
in the potholes of indifference....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)