John Milton Quotes

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.

I’m ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable.

Everyone has good cause for suicide, or at least it seems that way to those who search for it. (74)

So many means of self-destruction, so little time.

If somebody wants to shoot up and die in front of you, more power to them. The herd has a way of thinning itself out.

Lucas went even paler. “Then you’re on the track to suicide,” he whispered. “Take my advice, Valentine. Run. Run as fast as you can, for as long as you can. Steal whatever bit of life you can. You’re already dead.

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I thought I'd do something nice for the band... I'll hang myself.

Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think some part of me wanted to join the legions of the dead, whom I had failed.

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.

Never fight someone who is more willing to die than you are.

I feel like Dr. Death.

There's nothing beautiful about somebody killing themselves.

Life and hope must cease together.

Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.

There's been rumors of war and wars that have been The meaning of life has been lost in the wind And some people thinkin' that the end is close by 'Stead of learnin' to live they are learnin' to die