Holly

“You will die.

That's the beautiful, terrible, simple truth of it. A biological fact, a medical reality and a genealogical axiom. You can walk around it, rationalise it in faith or medicate against it, but it won't change the ultimate outcome. Implicit in the fact of your existence is the inevitability of your extinction.

You will die. Maybe soon. Maybe not for many years. But you will.”
― Stephen McGann, Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Maladies

“Happiness is pure kitsch; we come into the world to suffer and learn.”
― Isabel Allende, La suma de los días

“[He] put a tape on the car stereo and when I heard Neil Young singing, I shouted for him to turn it off, saying I was allergic to that whiny goddamn bastard.”
― Nadia Bozak, Orphan Love

“Funny how in a city of 750,000 one could feel so utterly alone and vulnerable - half a million people and no one to protect you. It's partially the nature of the location of Winnipeg. Alone in the Prairies, in the middle of the country, where the wind blows hard and the snow can pile up around your feet while you wait to cross the street.”
― Jan Guenther Braun, Somewhere Else: A Novel