Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish Quotes

“Being a stranger was like being dead,
and brought to mind how, in a book he had read
that most folks misunderstood one common state:
The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“If all of the money was gone from my life,
Would you still love me?" a man asks his wife.
"Of course," she replies. "Come here, let me kiss you.
I'll love you forever, but boy would I miss you!”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“the flipside of love is indifference not hate”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Is there some lesson on how to be friends?
I think what it means is that central to living
A life that is good is a life that's forgiving.
We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether
to kiss or to wound, we still must come together.
Like in Annie Hall, we endure twists and torsions
For food we don't like, and in such tiny portions!
But, like hating a food but still asking for more
It beats staying dry but so lonely on shore.
So we make ourselves open, while knowing full well
It's essentially saying, 'Please, come pierce my shell.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Hoped if she kept the dream hidden and frozen
She soon would forget that she'd never been chosen.
But dreams screams as loud whether thriving or dying
And Helen despite herself never stopped trying.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“No secrets, no longing, no desperate hoping
Just reach out and grab from a world cracked open.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Childrens ilogic can be an exquisitely
structured mistake.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“With no small remorse, she thought, "He and his mess
Better not come near this fabulous dress".”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“I think what it means is that central to living A life that is good is a life that’s forgiving.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Susan adored her and worshiped her style, / Loved her pronouncements of "perfect" and "vile," / Loved the sheer whim, the madcap willy-nillyness / And how deeply seriously Nonnie took her own silliness”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“This being a stranger was like being dead, And brought to mind how, in a book he had read That most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Taking both of Kay's hands with no rancor, no bile,
Helen looks in her eyes and breaks into a smile.
"You're right", Helen says, "I should call it a day."
Helen smiles one more time, and them adds, "Fuck off, Kay.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“One day reach idealization;
after all, it's the journey, not the destination.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“Is there some lesson on how to be friends?
I think what it means is that central to living
A life that is good is a life that's forgiving.
We're creatures of contact, regardless of whether
to kiss or to wound, we still must come together.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“He’d paid all his taxes, so that left … you guessed it.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish

“A half roll of Life Savers fused to the pockets,
And in yet another, a lone unwrapped mint
Had bundled itself in a stole of gray lint.”
― David Rakoff, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish