"Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering." ― Theodore Roosevelt Topic(s): Death More From Theodore Roosevelt "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." "The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife." More In Death "Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror."― David Herbert Lawrence "Death is inevitable, but Life – that’s the tricky bit where things happen."― Simon Travaglia "I’m not in favor of the death penalty. But I’m in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else."― John Grisham