He sees death in the prostitutes who have witnessed the death of honor, and daily multiply the death of love, who bleed away their own lives 50 times a day beneath the relentless stabbings of countless conjugations.

Quote by Ed McBain

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He sees it in the juvenile street gangs, who live in fear of death and...

He sees it in the juvenile street gangs, who live in fear of death and...

He sees death in the prostitutes who have witnessed the death of honor, and daily...

He sees death in the prostitutes who have witnessed the death of honor, and daily...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have...

Guys die down here on a regular basis-that's the reality. They die here for a...

Guys die down here on a regular basis-that's the reality. They die here for a...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster,...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

I'm gonna live till I die.

I'm gonna live till I die.

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given...

The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single...

More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single...

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about...

I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about...