Suicide Impact Quotes

The crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.

The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

I do not view suicide as wicked, just terribly sad. There is only one death, but it is like a stone cast into a pond - the ripples stretch far. Such an act must leave a burden of sorrow, guilt, shame and confusion on an entire family. A natural death, such as my father suffered, is hard enough to deal with. A decision to end one's life must be still more devastating for those left behind. I cannot imagine the degree of hopelessness someone must feel to contemplate such an act.

Sons of suicides seldom do well.

If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

And for him [Kurt Cobain] to do that [suicide] - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong. It just sent a bad message to a troubled generation.

The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.