"Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair." ― William Cowper Topic(s): Death More From William Cowper "Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose." "Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more." "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm." More In Death "My death will be caused by morphine, which I have deliberately taken with suicidal intent."― Alex Campbell "You can’t quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time."― Yann Martel "An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren’t."― Sacha Guitry