Salman Rushdie Quotes

As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.

It was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it.

There are a great many ways to commit suicide you know.

I tried to commit suicide one day. It was a very Woody Allen-type suicide. I turned on the gas and left all the windows open.

We were going to kill ourselves in trying to kill each other.

I don't think I was ever...trying to kill myself but I knew that if I'd ever gone too far...I wouldn't care.

A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note)

Chelsea Manning attempted to commit suicide twice last year.

Nowadays, suicide is just a way of disappearing. It is carried out timidly, quietly, and falls flat. It is no longer an action, only a submission.

You have endless ways you can commit suicide without dying dying.

Here's the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.

Psychologically, I will not have to seek far if I decide to kill myself, because in my mind and heart I am more ready for this than for the unplanned daily tribulations that mark off the mornings and afternoons.

Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

It is cowardice to commit suicide.

I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp into the water, and I did go part way, but I stopped. I went again and stopped. I then got out of the car and stood by the car a nervous wreck.

I don't persuade to suicide.

I never tried to kill myself or anything.

People who express suicidal feelings are least likely to act on them.

There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life... I think I must have been crying for some attention.

It was my last act of love (first words to her mother in the hospital after her first major suicide attempt)

Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act." And they do calm down.

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

A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal state of mind.