Lori

“As far as I can see, only psychoanalysis can compete with Christians in their love of drawn-out suffering.”
― Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

“There are many ways to drown, only the most obvious wave their arms as they're going under.”
― Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

“All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

“The whore, who said her name was Sandra, offered me delights unobtainable outside of Place Pigalle and Port Said. I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we had both overestimated our apathies, but not by much.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle