Virginia Woolf Quotes

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

There is risk everywhere. Being alive carries the risk of death.

You have to accept the fact that as long as you are alive, you have something to lose. Living is dangerous.

The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you - or to someone you dearly love - at any moment.

She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.

Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.

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.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying.

When you've been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever.

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

There's so much to be afraid of.

The truth is this is a very dangerous world.

I don't think I'm invincible.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.

I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a reality we fear may rob our living of any significance.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.