“Memories, as my father once said, are porcupines. To hell with them! Stay away from them! They make you unhappy. They ruin your work. They make you cry”
― The Illustrated Man
― The Illustrated Man
“and how can the lines be affecting your soul
when you're too busy reading between them”
― Idiot Verse
when you're too busy reading between them”
― Idiot Verse
“Each person is an instrument of the Divine, composing cosmic symphonies while on earth.”
― The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death
― The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death
“Angor animi - the sense of being in the act of dying, differing from the fear of death or the desire for death.”
― Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
― Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
“But death is not always a bad outcome, you know, and a quick death can be better than a slow one.”
― Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
― Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
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