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The Suicide Shop

~2 min read · Updated Dec 15, 2025

Beautiful Quotes from The Suicide Shop

"Life is a failure? Then we have the solution." (The shop’s advertising slogan)

"We feed on sorrow. The greater the world’s grief, the more prosperous our business."

"If people could kill themselves easily, how would we make a living?"

"The only reason people continue living is that suicide is not convenient enough."

"In this world, no one lives for good reasons anymore. Only those without enough reasons to die remain alive."

"Never forget: hope is our worst enemy."

"Happiness is contagious. Misery is contagious too. We must ensure misery always wins." (One of the Tuvache family’s rules)

"He [Alan] was like a contagious disease; a virus of happiness threatening to wipe out all our regret and despair."

"His smile was a weapon. A direct attack on the philosophy of our entire lives."

"The truth is that when man is content, he no longer thinks of death."

"The best kind of suicide is collective suicide. It makes at least one other person happy!"

"Death is our best friend. If you have no one to talk to, death is always there."

"You are facing an incurable disease: life."

Written & researched by Dr. Shahin Siami

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