“death by drowning, death by snakebite ... death by memory loss, death by claymore ... death by paper cuts, death by whoreknife, death by poker game ... death by authority, death by isolation, death by genocide, death by Kennedy ... death by signature, death by silence ... death by performance”

“If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life.”

“Death is woven in with the violets,” said Louis. “Death and again death.”)”

“The desire of death will not always lead you to death but the fear of death will.”

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death with my life, bored to death with myself.”

“Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.”

“Eyes like streams of melting snow, cold with the things she does not know. Heaven above and Hell beneath, liquid flames to hide her grief. Death, death, death with no release. Death, death, death with no release.”