I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life.

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I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can...

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can...

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in...

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in...

The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our...

The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our...

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before...

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before...

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.

I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death...

They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death...

I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me.

I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me.

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set.

Death, the one appointment we all must keep, and for which no time is set.

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

He who doesn't fear death dies only once.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.