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“The funny thing was, you see, that Mike Fink didn't think of himself as a murderer. He thought of life as a contest, and dying was what happened to those who came out second best, but it wasn't the same as murder, it was a fair fight.”

Thinking Fighting Happened Dying Fairs Murder Contests Murderer Mike Funny Things Thoughts On Life Second Best

Book:Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker

Source: Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker

“Myths, as compared with folk tales, are usually in a special category of seriousness: they are believed to have "really happened,"or to have some exceptional significance in explaining certain features of life, such as ritual. Again, whereas folk tales simply interchange motifs and develop variants, myths show an odd tendency to stick together and build up bigger structures. We have creation myths, fall and flood myths, metamorphose and dying-god myths.”

Source: Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962

“A favorite science fiction writer of mine is William Faulkner! It was an idea that came to me once, years ago, and I've never quite been able to shake it. This is facetious, on one level at least. There are telepaths in As I Lay Dying. But I think the most compelling thing for me is there are moments with him where I just feel these are not humans talking to each other. These are some hyper-intelligent, yet-to-be-born organisms. The way they look at the past without having any loss of knowledge everything that ever happened is still here.”

“The worst that happened to men of science was that Galileo suffered an honorable detention and a mild reproof, before dying peacefully in his bed.”

Men Happened Worst Dying Bed Honorable Detention Reproof

Book:Science and the Modern World

Source: Science and the Modern World

“I have a feeling a lot of artists' work got lost [because of AIDS]. Howard was fortunate because his family and friends supported him, but a chilling thing I remember was these guys at St. Vincent's [Hospital] who would call out for someone to listen to them, just for a moment. They were dying alone. Who knows what happened to their work? It's been a process to follow the thread to find out everything Howard did. It's getting over that shock.”

Knows Moments Feelings Remember Artist Guy Lost Process Happened Dying Aids Fortunate Shock Working It Hospitals Thread Family And Friends Chill Dying Alone

Author:Aaron Brookner