Suicidal Man Quotes

“Does any man have the right to dispose of his own life? This is the ultimate question of moral entitlement, and relevant only if right is relevant in this context, and it is not. A suicidal man cannot be concerned - and nor should he be - with questions of moral entitlement. (And how absurd.) His one concern should be whether self-execution will most expediently relieve his suffering.”
― Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide

“I'd like to be sitting here five years from now, Marshal, and know you're still in the world."
Teddy looked down at the hand on his knee. Looked up at Cawley.
"I would too," he said softly.”
― Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island