“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
Source: Fearless
“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
Source: The Great Gatsby
“So you just… left?'
Zach huffed. 'All the cool kids are doing it.”
Ally Carter Out of Sight, Out of Time
Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time
“So much is death obligatory that it is almost a formality.”
Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974) novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Variant: There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.
“My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.”
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) Confederate general in the Civil War
Letter to his wife on Christmas Day, two weeks after the Battle of Fredericksburg (25 December 1862).
1860s
Context: What a cruel thing is war; to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world! I pray that, on this day when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace. … My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.
“Great to know that I'm in love with a girl with a cool name."
"It's Taylor's middle name”
Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road
Source: On the Jellicoe Road
“They're fake bullets, so why do I feel like Im bleeding out?”
Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care
Source: Handle with Care