“Listen, if there’s a hell, we’re in it. And if there’s a heaven, we’re already there. This is it.”
―
―
“i have no way to honor my baby—no grave, no memorial. . .i’ve made myself her cemetery.”
― Still Missing
― Still Missing
“All I want is for someone to understand me before I die. With death staring me in the face, I finally understand the reason novelists write books: before they die they want somebody, somewhere, to understand them.”
― Real World
― Real World
“When you were a kid, people probably told you that you would go to hell if you were bad, right? Well, guess what. There’s no hell. It’s all made up. They made it up. Nothing had any meaning, so they had to make some. The weak can't handle reality. They can't deal with the pain or sadness, let alone the obvious fact that nothing has any meaning.”
― Heaven
― Heaven
“We aren't contractually tied down to rationality! There is no sanity clause! So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness.
Madness is the emergency exit.
You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…
Forever.”
― Batman: The Killing Joke
Madness is the emergency exit.
You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away…
Forever.”
― Batman: The Killing Joke
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