#death

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."

"Broken [10w] + {Couplet} "His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view,Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews."

"Believe me, when you die, it's everybody else's but your problem"

"You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself?'THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON."

"Stars,"she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady."A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."Stars,"Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again."

"New Year Resolutions I [10w] Change my voice;unclog my ears;open my heart."

"Marriage Advice [10w] Marry a man above youand a woman beneath you."

"...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."

"I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave them. I am terrified and I don't even know of what, because I have lost everything already."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Pedestals [10w] People should not be placed on pedestals unless they're stuffed."

"Dying is overrated. Human sentimentality has twisted it into the ultimate act of love. Biggest load of bullshit in the world. Dying for someone isn't the hard thing. The man that dies escapes. Plain and simple. Game over. End of pain...Try living for someone. Through it all-good, bad, thick, thin, joy, suffering. That's the hard thing."

"Death is not in the nature of things; it is the nature of things. But what dies is the form. The matter is immortal."

"So,"he asked. "How's death?""Hard,"she said. "It just keeps going."

"Fuck you! I hope you die!""Everybody Dies,"I said. "So fuck you."

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

"And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies."

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Money [10w] The root of all evil has a well earned reputation."