"When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty." ― W. C. Fields Topic(s): Death More From W. C. Fields "Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water." "The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep." "You can’t trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it." More In Death "There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were."― Dwight D. Eisenhower "I’m not afraid of death."― Maurice Sendak "So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley."― Buffalo Bill