All my possessions for
All my possessions for a moment of time. Elizabeth I
Deathbed
Many people don\’t realise
Many people don’t realise until they are on their deathbed and everything external falls away that no thing ever had anything to do with who they are. Eckhart Tolle
ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude
ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, ‘What is the answer?’ Then, after a long silence, ‘What is the question?’ Don’t start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks. Frederick Buechner
I was just reviewed
I was just reviewed by Robert Gottlieb, who was my editor at ‘The New Yorker,’ and he sort of wondered at the fact that I still need to exorcise my parents at my age. I think he makes a basic mistake in thinking that exorcism can ever be total. The exorcism of your parents will … Read more
I am fundamentally happy.
I am fundamentally happy. Everyone has experiences that makes them cynical, jaded or unhappy – you just have to fight those things off. I have totally emotional days when I cry and get insecure. PMS weirded out, doomed and tragic. I mean, I’m definitely not just a lollipop, happy in the wind girl. I’m human … Read more
You don’t see too
You don’t see too many atheists on the deathbed. They all start cramming then. Dolly Parton
Don’t be on your
Don’t be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams. Derek Sivers
Let no man’s deathbed
Let no man’s deathbed be a futon. Demetri Martin
What do most people
What do most people say on their deathbed? They don’t say, ‘I wish I’d made more money.’ What they say is, ‘I wish I’d spent more time with my family and done more for society or my community. David Rubenstein
Gee, I wish I
Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer. Danielle Bunten Berry