„I want to live,” he said, “So I have to die.“

— Jodi Picoult
„Well, I don't want you to die," Tessa said. "I don't know why I feel it so strongly -- I've just met you -- but I don't want you to die.""And I trust you," he said. "I don't know why -- I've just met you -- but I do.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I said to myself, 'I want to die decently'.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„I’ve lived a long time,” Magnus said. “So many years, and no, it doesn’t feel like enough. I won’t lie and say it does. I want to live on—partly because of you, Alec. I have never wanted to live so much as I have these past few months, with you.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?“
— Tennessee Williams