To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. less than 1 minute read
I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death. less than 1 minute read
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. less than 1 minute read
When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they were when President Kennedy was killed. less than 1 minute read
Life can’t defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death. less than 1 minute read
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile. less than 1 minute read
The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That’s the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it’s also where the title came from for the book. less than 1 minute read
So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley. less than 1 minute read
My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood. less than 1 minute read
