grim's reminders

nine grim reminders — raw, unflinching quotes about love, life and lessons learned. no 🌈s or 🦄s to be found here, only the truth courtesy of your friendly neighborhood grim 

 

"a society that confuses longevity with living, masquerades obedience as virtuous, and denies death to the dying, is doomed" 
~ grim

"death itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where" 
~ john dryden

"just because they are six feet under, doesn’t mean they are done with you" 
~ grim

"i focus on the pain the only thing that’s real" 
~ trent reznor

"think of your death. not the days, weeks or months that may lead up to it, but rather the exact moment. imagine that exact moment in which you know you are finished. now, if you are not overcome with a sense of calm, a sense of peace, you better hurry . . . because you have work to do" 
~ grim

"why should i fear death? if i am, death is not. if death is, i am not. why should i fear that which cannot exist when i do?" 
~ epicurus

"before you open your mouth always remember; these may very well be the last words you ever speak to them" 
~ grim

"i’m very comfortable with the nature of life and death, and that we come to an end. what’s most difficult to imagine is that those dreams and early yearnings and desires of childhood & adolescence will also disappear" 
~ hugh hefner

"no living being knows the time of its end. man makes provisions for a hundred years yet, knows not that he might die the next minute" 
~ nate woods