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Corpse Quotes

... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation Picture Quote #1

Once a month I wake in the night, slippery with terror. I’m afraid, not because there’s someone in the room, in the dark, in the bed, but because there isn’t. I’m afraid of the emptiness, which lies beside me like a corpse Picture Quote #1

When we live with a memory we live with a corpse; the impact of the experience has changed us once but can never change us again Picture Quote #1

It is the corpse of the bourgeoisie that separates us. With us, it is that class that is the carrier of the chromosome of banality Picture Quote #1

Jeremy, there are many things I would do to help you, but digging a hole in the wintry earth with my bare hands so that you can bury the corpse of a dog you’ve killed is not one of them Picture Quote #1

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me Picture Quote #1

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Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy Picture Quote #1

She has enough black eyeliner on to outline a corpse, and her skin’s so pale she looks like she’s just broken dawn Picture Quote #1

Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn’t pull a corpse from its grave, I can’t be dragged from my desk at night Picture Quote #1

I’m not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I’m just a corpse who wants not to be Picture Quote #1

God wasn’t love, couldn’t be love. Because for me, love was a corpse Picture Quote #1

You either trust me or you don’t. I’ve never let you down, and I won’t walk away unless you make me. Period. Now, unless you have a real emergency, I’d like to get back to my vacation. And my corpse, thanks Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know... there’s something kind of beautiful about it, don’t you think? That we keep living and growing even though our world is a corpse? That we keep coming back no matter how many of us die? Picture Quote #1

Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother’s corpse Picture Quote #1

Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have Picture Quote #1

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse Picture Quote #1

It’s more eerie to be alone in a city that’s lit up and functioning than one that’s a tomb. If everything were silent, one could almost pretend to be in nature. A forest. A meadow. Crickets and birdsong. But the corpse of civilization is as restless as the creatures that now roam the graveyards Picture Quote #1

It has become customary to say that a man needs only six feet of land. But a corpse needs six feet, not a person Picture Quote #1

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If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing our mind to pieces…. It is a corpse with no symbolic power or strength Picture Quote #1

Everything dies, and on this spring morning, if I lay my ear to the ground, I seem to hear from every point of the compass the heavy step of men who carry a corpse to its burial Picture Quote #1

Moral virtues are so many sweet flowers strewed over a dead corpse, which hide the loathsomeness of it, but inspire not life into it Picture Quote #1

The babe is at peace with the womb, the corpse is at rest within the tomb. We begin in what we end Picture Quote #1

There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better Picture Quote #1

The eulogist spoke charmingly, without a trace of sadness, almost as though he were preparing to present the corpse in the casket with a large check rather than to usher it on to the crematorium Picture Quote #1

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If you’ve never woken up from a car accident to discover that your wife is dead and you’re an animated, rotting corpse, then you probably wouldn’t understand Picture Quote #1

One night, in his cups, he drank a jar of wildfire, after telling his friends it would transform him into a dragon, but the gods were kind and it transformed him into a corpse Picture Quote #1

In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I’ve never had in America Picture Quote #1

Jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible Picture Quote #1

I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it.You drank the wine?It’s an awful thing to find a brother dead. You’d have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow Picture Quote #1

I have a picture I keep in my wallet of my father’s corpse... I keep that picture in my wallet to show people who show me baby pictures Picture Quote #1

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... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time. And when I saw a funeral, I felt to envy the corpse its situation (Corpse Quotes) Once a month I wake in the night, slippery with terror. I’m afraid, not because there’s someone in the room, in the dark, in the bed, but because there isn’t. I’m afraid of the emptiness, which lies beside me like a corpse (Corpse Quotes) When we live with a memory we live with a corpse; the impact of the experience has changed us once but can never change us again (Corpse Quotes) It is the corpse of the bourgeoisie that separates us. With us, it is that class that is the carrier of the chromosome of banality (Corpse Quotes) Jeremy, there are many things I would do to help you, but digging a hole in the wintry earth with my bare hands so that you can bury the corpse of a dog you’ve killed is not one of them (Corpse Quotes) From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me (Corpse Quotes) Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy (Corpse Quotes) She has enough black eyeliner on to outline a corpse, and her skin’s so pale she looks like she’s just broken dawn (Corpse Quotes) Writing is a deeper sleep than death. Just as one wouldn’t pull a corpse from its grave, I can’t be dragged from my desk at night (Corpse Quotes) I’m not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I’m just a corpse who wants not to be (Corpse Quotes) God wasn’t love, couldn’t be love. Because for me, love was a corpse (Corpse Quotes) You either trust me or you don’t. I’ve never let you down, and I won’t walk away unless you make me. Period. Now, unless you have a real emergency, I’d like to get back to my vacation. And my corpse, thanks (Corpse Quotes) I don’t know... there’s something kind of beautiful about it, don’t you think? That we keep living and growing even though our world is a corpse? That we keep coming back no matter how many of us die? (Corpse Quotes) Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother’s corpse (Corpse Quotes) Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have (Corpse Quotes) Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse (Corpse Quotes) It’s more eerie to be alone in a city that’s lit up and functioning than one that’s a tomb. If everything were silent, one could almost pretend to be in nature. A forest. A meadow. Crickets and birdsong. But the corpse of civilization is as restless as the creatures that now roam the graveyards (Corpse Quotes) It has become customary to say that a man needs only six feet of land. But a corpse needs six feet, not a person (Corpse Quotes) If a symbolic language dies, it tortures us like a nightmare, like a thousand piece orchestra grating on our nerves and tearing our mind to pieces…. It is a corpse with no symbolic power or strength (Corpse Quotes) Everything dies, and on this spring morning, if I lay my ear to the ground, I seem to hear from every point of the compass the heavy step of men who carry a corpse to its burial (Corpse Quotes) Moral virtues are so many sweet flowers strewed over a dead corpse, which hide the loathsomeness of it, but inspire not life into it (Corpse Quotes) The babe is at peace with the womb, the corpse is at rest within the tomb. We begin in what we end (Corpse Quotes) There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better (Corpse Quotes) The eulogist spoke charmingly, without a trace of sadness, almost as though he were preparing to present the corpse in the casket with a large check rather than to usher it on to the crematorium (Corpse Quotes) If you’ve never woken up from a car accident to discover that your wife is dead and you’re an animated, rotting corpse, then you probably wouldn’t understand (Corpse Quotes) One night, in his cups, he drank a jar of wildfire, after telling his friends it would transform him into a dragon, but the gods were kind and it transformed him into a corpse (Corpse Quotes) In the Netherlands I read the first chapter of Exquisite Corpse to an audience that laughed in all the places I thought were funny - an experience I’ve never had in America (Corpse Quotes) Jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible (Corpse Quotes) I knew a brother drowned himself in wine once. It was a poor vintage, though, and his corpse did not improve it.You drank the wine?It’s an awful thing to find a brother dead. You’d have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow. (Corpse Quotes) I have a picture I keep in my wallet of my father’s corpse... I keep that picture in my wallet to show people who show me baby pictures. (Corpse Quotes)

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