The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the world fought and kissed, you sat in some dark room masturbating and making money. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors... Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I said, 'I need to know how he died.'He flipped back and pointed at, 'Why?'So I can stop inventing how he died. I'm always inventing. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Everyone you have ever loved in your life becomes a part of your soul. They never leave. They're always inside you, and you can bring them out whenever you want. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When I read obituaries I always note the age of the deceased. Automatically I relate this figure to my own age. Four years to go, I think. Nine more years. Two years and I'm dead. The power of numbers is never more evident than when we use them to speculate on the time of our dying. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar away, light spirits at the end. Nov 24, 2024 - Fabian Biese>