Sudden Death Syndrome

Famous quotes containing the words sudden, death and/or syndrome:

    “A sudden blow; the great wings beating still
    Above the staggering girl,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “No one’s death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humaneness.”
    —Hermann Broch (1886–1951)

    “[T]he syndrome known as life is too diffuse to admit of palliation. For every symptom that is eased, another is made worse. The horse leech’s daughter is a closed system. Her quantum of wantum cannot vary.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)