“Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to.”— Tim O’Brien Related Quotes “It’s peculiar to me,’ she said, ‘that everybody pays so much attention to living and so little to dying. Why are these high-powered scientists always screwing around trying to prolong life instead of finding pleasant ways to end it? There must be a hell of a lot of people in the world like me–who want to die but haven’t got the guts.”— Horace McCoy “Some people say dying alone is a fate worse than death itself. Well, they should try being alone during the living part sometimes. There’s no quicker way to make you wonder why the hell you ever thought you’d want to return.”— John Corey Whaley “I used to say why save money if I’ll die tomorrow, I haven’t died yet and I have nothing to survive on”— Bangambiki Habyarimana