"I tried to commit suicide by sticking my head in the oven, but there was a cake in it"
- Lesley Boone
About this Quote
This quote by Lesley Boone is a funny take on the major issue of suicide. It suggests that also in minutes of anxiety, life can still amaze us with unanticipated happiness. The quote suggests that also in the darkest of times, there can still be moments of light and also hope. It additionally suggests that even when we seem like we have nothing else options, there are still possibilities that can bring us delight and joy. The quote is a suggestion that even in the most hard of times, we need to never ever quit hope and that there is always something to eagerly anticipate. It is a pointer that even in the darkest of moments, there is still something to be grateful for.
"I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable"
"I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it"
"As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide"
