"Finally there is nothing here for death to take away."

-- Charles Bukowski

“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”
“Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea.”
“I think love's exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I realized fear one morning, with the blare of the fox hunter's sound. When they're all chasin' the poor bloody fox, 'tis safer to be dressed like the hound.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jack Higgins from Aug 07, 2015
“This is why you can never reason true Christians out of the faith. It's not, as the adage has it, because they were never reasoned into it - many were - it's that faith is a logical door which locks behind you. What looks like a line of thought is steadily warping...”

Source : John Jeremiah Sullivan (2011). “Pulphead: Essays”, p.30, Macmillan
“When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better”
“Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.”

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