Quotes about Suicide

“Suicide is man’s way of telling God, ‘You can’t fire me: I quit!’”
― Bill Maher

“When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again.”
― Marilyn Monroe, My Story

“We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.”
― George Sand, Mauprat

“What’s the big fucking deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright.”
― Emilie Autumn

“I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine.”
― James Baldwin

“She leaves, carrying a biodegradable carrier bag that reads THE SUICIDE SHOP on one side, and on the other: HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN A FAILURE? LET’S MAKE YOUR DEATH A SUCCESS!”
― Jean Teulé, The Suicide Shop

“Have you ever got to a point where you looked at your own life, thought ‘Fuck this,’ and reached for the economy-sized Valium? Ah, suicide: so dark and seductive.”
― Rebecca O’Donnell

“She felt worthless and hollow. There was no hope of fixing this. And when hope is gone, time is punishment.”
― Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper

“If you believe suicide will bring you peace (or at the very least just an end to everything you hate) you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself.. This strikes me as optimistic.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“Jean had the guts to kill herself, and I admire her for it, although, of course, she was quite crazy at the time, with a brain misfiring like a cross-wired laptop. Pressing the keystrokes love, the screen read die. Pressing the keystrokes survive, the screen read die. The damn thing, her mind-machine, was shot.”
― Tim Lott

“The debate was wearing me out. Once you’ve posed that question, it won’t go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won’t. Anything I thought or did was immediately drawn into the debate. Made a stupid remark: why not kill myself? Missed the bus: better put an end to it all. Even the good got in there. I liked that movie: maybe I shouldn’t kill myself..”
― Susanna Kaysen

I’ve been to suicide boards before where people get on and say stuff like, “Don’t do it. Suicide is not the answer.” They don’t know the question. Or, “Life’s a *****. Get used to it.” Thanks. “Suicide is the easy way out.” If it’s so easy, why am I still here? And my favorite: “God loves you. Life is the most precious gift from God. You will break God’s heart if you throw His gift away.” God has a heart? That’s news to me. People on boards are very, very shallow. The Final Forum has a long list of topic, including: Random Rants, Bullied, Divorce, Disease, So Tired, Hate This Life, Bleak, Bequests, Attempts. Already I like this board. I start with Random Rants.
― Julie Anne Peters

“Committing suicide essentially said to friends and loved ones and the world at large that you were the only thing that mattered, that your problems were hopeless that you deserved to escape from them and to Hell with everyone else.”
― Christine Warren

“I didn’t realize there was a ranking,” I said. Sadie frowned. “What do you mean?” “A ranking,” I said. “You know, what’s crazier than what.” “Oh, sure there is,” Sadie said. She sat back in her chair. “First you have your generic depressives. They’re a dime a dozen and usually pretty boring. Then you’ve got the bulimics and the anorexics. They’re slightly more interesting, although usually they’re just girls with nothing better to do. Then you start getting into the good stuff: the arsonists, the schizophrenics, the manic-depressives. You can never quite tell what those will do. And then you’ve got the junkies. They’re completely tragic, because chances are they’re just going to go right back on the stuff when they’re out of here.”

“So junkies are at the top of the crazy chain,” I said. Sadie shook her head. “Nuh-uh,” she said. “Suicides are.” I looked at her. “Why?” “Anyone can be crazy,” she answered. “That’s usually just because there’s something screwed up in your wiring, you know? But suicide is a whole different thing. I mean, how much do you have to hate yourself to want to just wipe yourself out?”
― Michael Thomas Ford

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