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Suicide Quotes

Suicide Quotes

Conversations about suicide are difficult but necessary. These quotes approach the subject from many angles -- grief, dark humor, philosophical reflection, and the urgency of reaching out to those in pain. They remind us that talking openly about suicide can be part of understanding and preventing it.

These words can be useful for awareness campaigns, essays, support group discussions, or simply making sense of a painful topic. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out to a helpline. Browse the collection below.

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“There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.”

Ernest Hemingway

“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”

Phil Donahue

“Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'”

Bill Maher

“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

Abraham Lincoln

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