#death

"Chlorophylia [10w] + {Couplet} Few things amaze as the paletteof the autumn blaze."

"Fate [10w] The eternal point where our dreams intersect is called fate."

"Diana Sporting a Remington Sendero SF II {Couplet} Over one shoulder hung a rifle, over the other swung a brace of pheasants;She was a no-nonsense breed of sniper, a viper with no time for fangs of conscience."

"She died in my arms, saying, "I don't want to die."That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore."

"Man has two legs and chairs have four, because we were made to stand out, not sit down—or be sat on. You are your brand—you are not a piece of furniture. Well, this applies to everyone except my grandma, but she’s dead, so she really doesn’t mind being used as a coat rack."

"Good vs. Great [10w] To be good twice is a true mark of greatness."

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?"

"Virtual Reality [10w] Bliss is a virtual-reality headset coupled with a virtual-reality hooker software."

"Because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of."

"Two turtle doves will show theeWhere my cold ashes lieAnd sadly murmuring tell theeHow in tears I did die"

"...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a fire you've tended all your life, and the sparks are all scattered into the wind.... That's why we survive as long as we do, because the people who loved us keep us going."

"The Albanian Art of Subtle Seduction [10w] "You have an amazing mind now show me your tits."

"Opportunities Come a Knockin' [10w] Never miss the opportunity to fuck or write poetry."

"How unhappy does one have to be before living seems worse than dying?"

"Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else."

"He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it."

"I love you Anna Covey,' he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn't a Surplus any more. And nor was Peter."

"One is seldom unchanged by the death of those one loves. It gives me a deeper knowledge of them, and so of oneself in regard to them."

"Put it All on Black' [10w] God doesn't play dice with the universe;He prefers roulette."