"The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living."

— Annie Dillard

"Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

— Muhammad Ali

"The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for."

— Mark Twain

"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace."

— Amelia Earhart