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It was the nature of his profession that his experience with death should be greater than for most and he said that while it was true that time heals ...more

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Every day is a lie, he said. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

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And the dreams so rich in color. How else would death call you? Waking in the cold dawn it all turned to ash instantly.

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Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die.

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Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to ...more

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And the dreams so rich in color. How else would death call you? Waking in the cold dawn it all turned to ash instantly. Like certain ancient frescoes ...more

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How would you know if you were the last man on Earth? He said.I don't guess you would know it. You'd just be it.

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When we're all gone at last then there'll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too. He'll be out in the road there with nothing to d...more

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This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.

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Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.

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I dont believe in God. Can you understand that? Look around you man. Cant you see? The clamour and din of those in torment has to be the sound most pl...more

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I believe that we are arks of the covenant and our true nature is not rage or deceit or terror or logic or craft or even sorrow. It is longing.

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Life is a memory, then it is nothing. All law is writ in a seed.

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The dead boy in his arms hung with his head back and those partly opened eyes beheld nothing at all out of that passing landscape of street or wall or...more

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You know we talked about where people go when they die. I just believe you go someplace and I seen her layin there and I thought maybe she wouldn't go...more