Dandys Fuel Quotes & Sayings

He wonders by what process virtually any discussion about the war seems to profane these ultimate matters of life and death. As if to talk of such things properly we need a mode of speech near the equal of prayer, otherwise just shut, shut your yap and sit on it, silence being truer to the experience than the star-spangled spasm, the bittersweet sob, the redeeming hug, or whatever this fucking closure is that everybody's always talking about. They want it to be easy and it's just not going to be. — Ben Fountain

Misery is not measured in the material goods but in the psychic strength of an individual. — Daniel Marques

I will not speak falsely and say to you: 'Do not grieve for me when I go.' I have loved my children and tried to be a good mother and it is right that my children grieve for me. But let your grief be gentle and brief. And let resignation creep into it. Know that I shall be happy. I shall see face to face the great saints I have loved all my life. — Betty Smith

It takes a great man to make a great listener — Arthur Helps

We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff. — Dean Stanley

Every mortal loss is an immortal gain. — William Blake