"The man is a monster. The worst I have ever seen, in fact, since I last looked in the mirror. The truth? I am rotting too. I am buried alive, and already rotting. If I was not such a coward I would kill myself, but I am, and so I must content myself with killing others in the hope that one day, if I can only wade deep enough in blood, I will come out clean."

--

Joe Abercrombie

#Men Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Blood Quotes

“Not to be such a perfectionist, it makes life hard. I'd like to be more relaxed about everything.”
“Memoir is a weird genre for a reporter. You end up investigating your own memories, reporting out your past.”
“I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.”
“Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.”

Source : Will Carleton (2001). “Farm Ballads”, p.89, Applewood Books
“There is something disorderly about the death of a young person. In a universe disturbed by so much over which we have no control, an untimely tragedy rattles the teeth of our already shaken confidence. We want to domesticate death, fight it on our own turf, in familiar rooms with shades drawn evenly, top sheets turned back, and a circle of hushed voices closing in.”

Source : Faye Moskowitz (1985). “A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life”, David R Godine Pub
“Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.”
“With novels, you're sitting at a desk, alone, going slightly crazy, for anywhere from six months to a year with zero feedback.”

Source : "Crime novelist Duane Swierczynski on shedding the Spanx for noir in the new BLACK HOOD #1". Interview with Donna Dickens, uproxx.com. January 28, 2015.
“I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.”

Source : "An in-depth Interview With Jonathan Frakes". IGN interview, www.ign.com. July 27, 2004.

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