“You spoke then of holding hands with God. Remember, through everything, you have always held that hand, grip it hard, Robert, and don’t let go.
The other afternoon, when you fell asleep on my shoulder, I drifted off, too. But before I did, it occurred to me looking around at all of your things and your work and going through years of work in my mind, that of all your work, you are still your most beautiful. The most beautiful work of all.”
Patti Smith, Just Kids
515RR on
“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.”
Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
ohdearitsrichardiii on
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
Necessary_Wrangler71 on
In a sense, and as in melodrama, killing yourself amounts to confessing. It is confessing that life is too much for you or that you do not understand it.
The Myth of Sisyphus- Albert Camus
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“Reader, she bit him.”
*Against the Day,* T. R. Pynchon
northernguy7540 on
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
A tale of two cities
Budget_Onions on
“Roland, I love thee.”
Stephen King – The Wizard and Glass
Artistic_Grand_3870 on
“My best friend did. My one and only.” 🥺🥲
-Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 0,
TMR08 on
The bearded man who doesn’t know any story to tell his children was once John.
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
sjplep on
“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.” – The Shining, Stephen King.
mcgunner1966 on
Your friend Charlotte is tired. She is sure that she has done all she could for you. Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web.
Dusk_in_Winter on
My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn’t that enough for a whole lifetime?
White Nights, Dostoevsky
SunnySpade on
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
Amischwein on
The End
laura_kp on
“Done because we are too menny”
Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
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“But you know what’s worse than suffering? Not suffering, because you’re not even alive to feel it.”
and
“Learn to want something for yourself Ma Xiuying. Not what someone says you should want. Not what you think you should want. Don’t go through life thinking only of duty. When all we have are these brief spans between our nonexistences, why not make the most of the life you’re living now? The price is worth it.”
Both from She Who Became The Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
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“You spoke then of holding hands with God. Remember, through everything, you have always held that hand, grip it hard, Robert, and don’t let go.
The other afternoon, when you fell asleep on my shoulder, I drifted off, too. But before I did, it occurred to me looking around at all of your things and your work and going through years of work in my mind, that of all your work, you are still your most beautiful. The most beautiful work of all.”
Patti Smith, Just Kids
“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse.”
Cormac McCarthy, Suttree
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
In a sense, and as in melodrama, killing yourself amounts to confessing. It is confessing that life is too much for you or that you do not understand it.
The Myth of Sisyphus- Albert Camus
“Reader, she bit him.”
*Against the Day,* T. R. Pynchon
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
A tale of two cities
“Roland, I love thee.”
Stephen King – The Wizard and Glass
“My best friend did. My one and only.” 🥺🥲
-Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 0,
The bearded man who doesn’t know any story to tell his children was once John.
J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.” – The Shining, Stephen King.
Your friend Charlotte is tired. She is sure that she has done all she could for you. Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web.
My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn’t that enough for a whole lifetime?
White Nights, Dostoevsky
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The End
“Done because we are too menny”
Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
“But you know what’s worse than suffering? Not suffering, because you’re not even alive to feel it.”
and
“Learn to want something for yourself Ma Xiuying. Not what someone says you should want. Not what you think you should want. Don’t go through life thinking only of duty. When all we have are these brief spans between our nonexistences, why not make the most of the life you’re living now? The price is worth it.”
Both from She Who Became The Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan