Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher “Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very sanctum sanctorum for an hour, ay, for many hours! to make a very barroom of the mind's inmost apartment, as if for so long the dust of the street had occupied us,--the very street itself, with all its travel, its bustle, and filth, had passed through our thoughts' shrine! Would it not be an intellectual and moral suicide?” Thinking Suicide Thoughtful ♥ 3
Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher “These men, in teaching us how to die, have at the same time taught us how to live. If this man's acts and words do not create a revival, it will be the severest possible satire on the acts and words that do. It is the best news that America has ever heard.... How many a man who was lately contemplating suicide has now something to live for!” Life Teaching Suicide ♥ 3
LM Lewis Mumford Philosopher, Author “One's worst enormities remain within, and it is only one's vulgar commonplaces of error and folly that turn into murders and suicides, treasons, infidelities, and betrayals.” Errors Suicide Betrayal ♥ 3
Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor “A man with an excruciatingly painful condition wrote me and told me that his doctor said that the only cure for what he has is death, and he might want to consider suicide. What do you say to him? I doubt the, "Hey let's go get some coffee and talk" thing is going to be at all helpful.” Men Suicide Coffee ♥ 3
Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer “"State," I call it, where they all drink poison, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all lose themselves, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all call their slow suicide-"life."” Suicide Wicked Poison ♥ 3
Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer “The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.” Alive Suicide Reputation ♥ 3
Fyodor Dostoevsky Novelist, Philosopher “Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even in hell, in spite of their certain knowledge and contemplation of the absolute truth; there are some fearful ones who have given themselves over to Satan and his proud spirit entirely. For such, hell is voluntary and ever consuming; they are tortured by their own choice. For they have cursed themselves, cursing God and life. And they will burn in the fire of their own wrath forever and yearn for death and annihilation. But they will not attain to death.” Believe Suicide Suicidal ♥ 3
Mark Vonnegut Physician, Author “I saw a study the other day showing that some atypical anti-psychotic was at least as good as mood stabilizers in preventing suicide. It's a very good thing to decrease suicide but we should care at least a little if I'm not killing myself because I feel better or if I just can't remember where I put the damn gun.” Gun Suicide Feel Better ♥ 3
JS Jennifer Stone Actress “The society that destroys its children is eating its own tail, committing suicide in the most perverse way.” Children Suicide Tails ♥ 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist “You are certainly wrong to compare suicide ... with great accomplishments, since it cannot be considered as anything but a weakness. After all, it is easier to die than to endure a harrowing life with fortitude.” Suicide Weakness Accomplishment ♥ 3
John Green Author, YouTuber “... I didn't know whether to feel angry at her for making me part of her suicide or just to feel angry at myself for letting her go.” Feels Suicide Let Her Go ♥ 3
John Lennon Musician, Activist “When you're thirty-five, you can't take as much booze ... and I always got a little violent on drink...So it was kind of self-destructive suicide side of me, which is resolving itself for the better, I believe, because I never enjoyed it.” Believe Drinking Suicide ♥ 3
