"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.
"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"
"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"
"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill"
"If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man's intelligence and his comprehension... would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution"
