“The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.”– Blaise Pascal Related Quotes “All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.”– Isabel Allende “It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?”– Jim Carrey “Nature creates while destroying, and doesn’t care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn’t extinguished, as long as death doesn’t lose its rights.”– Ivan Turgenev