"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
"If we can just dodge the ground, we'll be fine."
— Fighter, 8-Bit Theater
"The way I figure it, the fall doesn't kill you. The ground does. So I blocked it."
Sheldon: Lois Lane is falling, accelerating at an initial rate of thirty-two feet per second. Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel. Miss Lane, who is now traveling at approximately one-hundred-and-twenty miles an hour, hits them and is immediately sliced into three equal pieces.
Leonard: Unless Superman matches her speed and decelerates.
Sheldon: In what space, sir, in what space? She's two feet above the ground. Frankly, if he really loved her, he'd let her hit the pavement. It'd be a more merciful death.
Leonard: Unless Superman matches her speed and decelerates.
Sheldon: In what space, sir, in what space? She's two feet above the ground. Frankly, if he really loved her, he'd let her hit the pavement. It'd be a more merciful death.
Piglet: (dangling precariously off a broken branch) HEEEELLP!!!!
Tigger: Oh, relax, Piglet ol' pal. There's no difference between falling a thousand feet to the jagged rocks below and tumbling out of bed.
Piglet: (uncovers his eyes and grins) Oh. Really?
Tigger: Why, sure! (chuckles, then pauses).... Um.... Except for the splat at the end, they're practically similar.
Piglet: (his smile droops; he covers his eyes again) CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!
Tigger: Oh, relax, Piglet ol' pal. There's no difference between falling a thousand feet to the jagged rocks below and tumbling out of bed.
Piglet: (uncovers his eyes and grins) Oh. Really?
Tigger: Why, sure! (chuckles, then pauses).... Um.... Except for the splat at the end, they're practically similar.
Piglet: (his smile droops; he covers his eyes again) CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!
Rincewind: I'm not going to ride on a magic carpet! I'm afraid of grounds!
Conina: You mean heights. And stop being silly.
Rincewind: I know what I mean! It's the grounds that kill you!
Conina: You mean heights. And stop being silly.
Rincewind: I know what I mean! It's the grounds that kill you!
— Sourcery
When everything collapses, it’s not The Falling that kills you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.
— Aileron’s narration, Optimus Prime issue 17: The Falling Part 3: The Ground.
Arthur Dent: It's not a question of whose habitat it is, it's a question of how hard you hit it!
Bird that Arthur is dangling from: When you land, swing your knees 'round, try and roll with it!
Bird that Arthur is dangling from: When you land, swing your knees 'round, try and roll with it!
"Falling's not a problem,
when I'm falling I'm at peace.
It's only when I hit the ground
that causes all the grief."
when I'm falling I'm at peace.
It's only when I hit the ground
that causes all the grief."
— Florence + the Machine, Falling
"You know, Spider-Man and Superman make it look so damn easy. Why doesn't the person falling three hundred feet get a broken neck, or at least a whole stack of cracked ribs, when Spidey snags her with a web?"
"Now depression's not a million laughs, but suicide's too dangerous,
Don't go leapin' off of buildings in the middle of the night.
It's not the fall, but landin',
That'll alter social standin',
So go first and ask your father, and I'm sure he'll set you right."
Don't go leapin' off of buildings in the middle of the night.
It's not the fall, but landin',
That'll alter social standin',
So go first and ask your father, and I'm sure he'll set you right."
—Andy M. Stewart, Take Her In Your Arms
"It ain't the fall that get you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom."
"You really shouldn't have done that. Enjoy the view."
—Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madnessnote , The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
[Player] didn't stick the landing
—Fortnite, if you die by falling damage
"Heard about the guy who fell off a skyscraper? On his way down past each floor, he kept saying to reassure himself: "Jusqu'ici tout va bien... jusqu'ici, tout va bien... jusqu'ici, tout va bien" translation . How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land!"
— Hubert, La Haine
Thus says the Lord: Because you sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron—do you think there is no God in Israel to inquire of?—you shall not leave the bed upon which you lie; instead you shall die.
—Elijah, Books of Kings: 2 Kings 1:16 (New American Bible), on the prospects of King Ahaziah's recovery from a fall
"Deceleration Trauma: It wouldn't have been so bad, until the sudden stop at the end. Next time, don't get so close to the edge."
Catch a human too fast, the whiplash can kill them.
