Jennifer Armintrout Quotes

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we're going to die, I suppose.

Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.

Denial of death at some point becomes a delusion.

Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking.

In your teens and twenties, death doesn't exist. In your thirties, you glance down the road occasionally. But then in your forties, it becomes a full-time job looking the other way.

We're all going to die.

We like lists because we don't want to die.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Mortality defines the human condition.

Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life.

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.

As a society, when you have your mortality slapped in your face, it changes you.

There's no point thinking about dying, because it's going to happen anyway, isn't it? I don't waste my time worrying about that.

Some people live. Some people die.

The mind will not believe in death, perhaps because, as far as the mind is concerned, death never happens.

The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.

You're dying every minute, but you won't die yet.

You're never too young to die.

If death is in the room, it's pretty interesting. But I would also say that I'm interested in getting myself to believe that it's going to happen to me. I'm interested in it, because if you're not, you're nuts. It's really de facto what we're here to find out about.

The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded.

We are all terminal.

We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.