“Be sure that head and heart were laid In wisdom down, content to die. Be sure he faced the Starless Sky Unduped, unmurmuring, unafraid. (“The Passing of Bierce”)” DeathAmbrose BierceBierce Book:The Thirst of Satan: Poems of Fantasy and Terror Source: The Thirst of Satan: Poems of Fantasy and Terror
“ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. A striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself, whoso attaineth thereto shall have peace, the prospect of death and the hope of Hell.” ThoughtAbnormalIndependantBierceDetested Book:The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works Source: The Devil's Dictionary and Other Works