

“As I came through the desert, thus it was...”
― The City of Dreadful Night
― The City of Dreadful Night

“I saw with my own eyes the Sibyl of Cumae hanging in a jar, and when the boys said to her, Sibyl, what do you want? she replied I want to die.”
― The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius
― The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius

“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
― Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

“Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.”
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“Even extreme grief may ultimately vent
itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy”
― Heart of Darkness
itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy”
― Heart of Darkness
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