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: Death And Dying Quotes, Honor Quotes, 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...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

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...

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

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...

Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying

Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying

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...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a...

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,...

Death cancels everything but truth

Death cancels everything but truth

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past...

I win or I die.

I win or I die.

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

If I err in my belief that the souls of men are immortal, I err...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...

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...

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...

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...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Perhaps love is like a resting place, A shelter from the storm, It exists to...

Perhaps love is like a resting place, A shelter from the storm, It exists to...