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

Topics: Love Quotes

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...

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.

The only real equality is in the cemetery

The only real equality is in the cemetery

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of...

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...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this...

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this...

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the...

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when...

There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy,...

There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy,...

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a...

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

But an officer on duty knows no one -- to be partial is to dishonor...

But an officer on duty knows no one -- to be partial is to dishonor...

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.