Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
(2:29).

Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
(2:29).

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.

It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. read more

It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. Even the stain on the coffee cup seems not coffee but the physical manifestation of one's inner stain, the fatal blot that from the beginning had marked one for ultimate aloneness.

Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that read more

Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that you expired on January 1, 1976.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people read more

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of read more

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.