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"There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism."
— Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Journey to the End of the Night)

tags: morbid, political, theory, truth

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"The fish dies because he opens his mouth."
— Spanish Proverb

tags: morbid, pithy, thoughts

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"...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. "
— Mark Z. Danielewski (House of Leaves)

tags: death, depressing, morbid

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"Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing."
— Plato (Phaedo)

tags: acceptance, dead, dying, morbid, philosophy

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"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black. She has a knife, knife, knife, stuck in her back, back, back. She cannot breathe, breathe, breathe. She cannot cry, cry, cry. Thats why she begs, begs, begs. She begs to die, die ,die.."
— Laurie Faria Stolarz (White Is for Magic)

tags: cool, death, magic, morbid, song, twisted

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