Bibliogrub

“The dead are orphans. No company but the silence like a moth's wing. An end to the agony of movement, to the long nightmare of going down the road. The body in peace, stillness, and order. The perfect darkness of death.”
― Richard Bachman, The Long Walk

“To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in you may never get over it as long as you live.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Like Crowley, Bennett was also an asthmatic and cycled through a number of medicines to help him maintain his health. Given that this was turn-of-the-twentieth-century prescription medicine, this meant cocaine and opiates, among others, all of which were commonly available through a physician if not simply purchased over the counter.”
― Colin D. Campbell, Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley

“Having something and losing it, it's so much crueler than never having had it.”
― Victoria Schwab, The Unbound