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I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
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I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus
With tigery stripes, and a face on it
Round as the moon, to stare up.
I want to be looking at them when they come
Picking among the dumb minerals, the roots.
I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.
Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.
I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.
They will wonder if I was important.

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There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to read more

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

by E. M. Cioran Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy.

by Jacques Barzun Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

by Karl Barth Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Right human relations is the only true peace.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

by Woody Allen Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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