Prepare to evacuate soul in ten, in nine, eight.Chloe's splashing through the ankle-deep back-up of renal fluid from her failed kidneys.Death will commence in five.Five, four.Around her, a parasitic life spray paints her heart.Four, three.Three, two.Chloe climbs hand-over-hand up the curled lining of her own throat.Death to commence in three, two.Moonlight shines in through the open mout...h.Prepare for the last breath, now.Evacuate.Now.Soul clear of body.Death commences.Now.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

Marilyn Monroe

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

Emile M. Cioran

The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.

Basil O'Connor

Life without a friend is death without a witness.

Proverb

The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.

Paul Krugman

'Thou shalt not' is soon forgotten, but 'Once upon a time' lasts forever.

Philip Pullman

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.

Kathy Freston

Happiness requires problems

H. L. Hollingworth

Could everything be done twice it would be done better.

Proverb

There are no gains without pains.

Benjamin Franklin

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.

Eric Idle