"The poetic sensibility was too good for this world, it was best to burn brightly and to die young like a shooting star."

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Source : George Howe Colt (2006). “November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

George Howe Colt

#Stars Quotes #Shooting Quotes #World Quotes

“Don't get on a horse that's moving.”
“I've got two families.”
“Dashiell Hammett took murder out of theVenetian vase and dropped it into the alley.”
“Man with his burning soul Has but an hour of breath To build a ship of Truth In which his soul may sail- Sail on the sea of death. For death takes toll Of beauty, courage, youth, Of all but Truth.”
“I love African food, I love Italian food, but I rarely eat Italian out because it's so easy to make at home. On the other hand, unless you have specialized equipment, Chinese food is really tough because you literally can't get the pan hot enough.”
“I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.”
“I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops; I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there.”
“If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.”

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