"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic." ― W. H. Auden Topic(s): Death More From W. H. Auden "Now is the age of anxiety." "History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology." "Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." More In Death "There is nothing glamorous about death."― Roger Moore "Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."― Donald Rumsfeld "In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system."― Paul Gillmor