sapphireshorelines reblogged
real hardship of death consists of the frustrating – very frustrating – inability to argue.
Ram Mohun Roy, translated from bengali
Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity
Albert Camus, The Fall
The dead don’t shout. There is a certain seductiveness about what is dead. It will retain all those admirable qualities of life with none of that tiresome messiness associated with live things. Crap and complaints and the need for affection. You can auction it, museum it, collect it.
— Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit