J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."
Life Or Death quotes
Life Or Death
14 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Brad Willis
Writer
"I was at a point in my life that was really between life or death, and I sort of intuitively and instinctively knew, I have to listen."
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
"...nothing at all rides on the life or death of the individual."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Be it life or death, we crave only reality."
John Steinbeck
Novelist, Journalist
"Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world, of all living things."
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"The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death."
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"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought"
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