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The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#early #early life #imprint #influence #leave

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo

We are gods with anuses. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#human-condition #humor #philosofy #psychology #religion

The evening light was like honey in the trees When you left me and walked to the end of the street Where the sunset abruptly ended. The wedding-cake drawbridge lowered itself To the fragile forget-me-not flower. You climbed aboard. Burnt horizons suddenly paved with golden stones, Dreams I had, including suicide, Puff out the hot-air balloon now. It is bursting, it is about to burst ↗

— John Ashbery

#beauty

Four days will quickly steep themselves in nights; Four nights will quickly dream away the time. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#nights #passage-of-time #time #dreams

With six pieces of wood, I’m building a life, and my coffin.
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— Jarod Kintz

#carpentry #coffin #construction #death #life

When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to exist and you’re nothing but a shell of the person you once were. Your mom has dealt with it in her way, me in mine, and you in yours.” He lifted his hand off John’s gravestone and rose. “Your mom hates the world, I avoid it, and you try to save it. ↗

— Nicole Williams

#death-of-a-loved-one #moving-on #death

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair. ↗

— Eric Bana

#best #bit #glow #hair #helmet

The darker the film, the more vital everyone's sense of humor is on set. ↗

— Eric Bana

#everyone #film #humor #more #sense

I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#close #eyes #i #often #tolerate