James Dickey

There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away. ↗

— James Dickey

#drift #get #just #kind #nothin

To be precise and reckless: that is the consummation devoutly to be wished. ↗

— James Dickey

#precise #reckless #wished

To have guilt you've got to earn guilt, but sometimes when you earn it, you don't feel the guilt you ought to have. And that's what The Firebombing is about. ↗

— James Dickey

#earn #feel #got #guilt #ought

To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes. ↗

— James Dickey

#depending #even #feel #fire #flash

William Packard surely must be one of the great editors of our time. ↗

— James Dickey

#great #must #our #our time #packard

You are bound, my hunch is, to make it just fine. ↗

— James Dickey

#fine #hunch #just #make #you