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 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...

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...

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.

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

His headstone said Free at last, Free at last - But death is a slave's...

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

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...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

He that dies pays all debts

He that dies pays all debts

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...

Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down....

Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down....

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...

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest...

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest...

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...

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to...

I win or I die.

I win or I die.

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or...

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Love that is not madness is not love.

Love that is not madness is not love.