The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

'Tis more brave To live, than to die.

It is a brave act of valor to condemn death; but where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends.

It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary.

I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more about mathematics.

We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away ... A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well; how long or short permit to Heaven.

Guns are always the best method for a private suicide... Drugs are too chancy. You might miscalculate the dosage and just have a good time.

If life's a joke, then suicide's a bad punch line.

To attempt suicide is a criminal offense. Any man who, of his own will, tries to escape the treadmill to which the rest of us feel chained incites our envy, and therefore our fury. We do not suffer him to go unpunished.

But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defenseless that I couldn't do it.

I couldn't commit suicide if my life depended on it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.

Never challenge a suicidal person.

Many suicidal people speak in coded messages.

Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.