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

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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.

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...

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...

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression

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

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

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

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

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.

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment -- a question which man puts to...

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in...

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in...

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

My only fear of death is coming back reincarnated.

My only fear of death is coming back reincarnated.

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;...

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory...

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

Thank God life outlives death.

Thank God life outlives death.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...

Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward...