"Are not the thoughts of the dying often turned towards the practical, painful, obscure, visceral aspect, towards the "seamy side" of death which is, as it happens, the side that death actually presents to them and forces them to feel, and which far more closely resembles a crushing burden, a difficulty in breathing, a destroying thirst, than the abstract idea to which we are accustomed to give the name of Death?"

-- Marcel Proust

#Crush Quotes #Death Quotes #Breathing Quotes

“The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million tons of it there every year. The business of the Mississippi, which it will accomplish in time, is methodically to transport all of Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico.”
“That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.”

Source : David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.90, Titan Books
“When I interview people, and they give me an immediate answer, they're often not thinking. So I'm silent. I wait. Because they think they have to keep answering. And it's the second train of thought that's the better answer.”
“It is night, And it is vanity, and age Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear, The yellow chirper, beaks its cage.”

Source : Robert Lowell (1964). “Poems, 1938-1949”
“Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.”
“Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.”
“I was going to tweet every three seconds about every thought that went through my mind, and I did that for a few days. It was really fun, and funny to me.”
“Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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