Dyings Quotes & Sayings

A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

A long white ribbon shot out of the crack in the wall. The ribbon just kept coming, weaving itself into some kind of shape next to Anubis, and my first thought was, My god, he's got a magic roll of toilet paper. — Rick Riordan

There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death. — Kenneth Patchen

There are so many little dyings How do we know which one of them is death? — Kenneth Patchen

As Colin Wilson has written, "modern civilisation, with its mechanised rigidity is producing more outsiders than ever before-people who are too intelligent to do some repetitive job, but not intelligent enough to make their own terms with society." Those "intelligent enough" to make their own terms with society are what we will later refer to as artists of life. The outsider views himself as a product of a culture he rejects-the artist views himself as a culture-builder. — Laurence Boldt

Write naked. Write in exile. Write in blood. — Denis Johnson

I'd never been a big fan of disappointment. — Michelle Rowen

Do you hear the stellar winds, carrying from the heavens a whisper, straight from antiquity ... into eternity ... "
What are they whispering?"
Tatiana ... Tatiana ... Ta ... tiana ... "
Please stop."
Will you remember that? Anywhere you are, if you can look up and find Perseus in the sky, find that smile, and hear the galactic wind whisper your name, you'll know that it's me, calling for you ... calling you back to Lazarevo. — Paullina Simons