#damned

I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't say I like it, or accept it, or believe it's for the best. I don't and never shall, not even if I'm damned for it. ↗

— Margaret Laurence

#damned #happened #life #change

Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long. ↗

— James Lovelock

#damned #florida #gone #long #place

You’ve thrown down the gauntlet. You’ve brought my wrath down upon your house. Now, to prove that I exist I must kill you. As the child outlives the father, so must the character bury the author. If you are, in fact, my continuing author, then killing you will end my existence as well. Small loss. Such a life, as your puppet, is not worth living. But… If I destroy you and your dreck script, and I still exist… then my existence will be glorious, for I will become my own master. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#damned #death #dying #heaven #hell

How miserably hypocritical, you might say, but no sooner am I offered a chance to flee Hell than I yearn to stay. Few families hold their relations as closely as do prisons. Few marriages sustain the high level of passion that exists between criminals and those who seek to bring them to justice. It’s no wonder the Zodiac Killer flirted so relentlessly with the police. Or that Jack the Ripper courted and baited detectives with his - or her - coy letters. We all wish to be pursued. We all long to be desired. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#damned #desire #heaven #hell #serial-killers

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#daddy #damned #dear #following #generous

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. ↗

— Joseph P. Kennedy

#damned #going #i #landslide #more

There's only one lesson to be learned form life, anyway," interrupted Gloria, not in contradiction but in a sort of melancholy agreement. "What's that?" demanded Maury sharply. "That there's no lesson to be learned from life. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#the-beautiful-and-damned #beauty

I teach at Harvard that the world and the heavens, and the stars are all real, but not so damned real, you see. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#harvard #heavens #i #real #see

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#damned #getting #hear #i #i am

The public be damned. ↗

— William Henry Vanderbilt

#public