“The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.”

“I'm intact, and I don't give a damn.”

Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet

“There's nothing that tastes of death more than the summer sun, the powerful light, exuberant nature. You sniff the air and listen to the woods and know that the plants and animals don't give a damn about you. Everything lives and consumes itself. Nature is death…”

Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

“I'm sorry, Heather, but everything was not just fine before I got here. You know how I know that? Because you're dead. Okay? You are dead. Dead people don't have lockers, or best friends, or boyfriends. You know why? Because they're dead.-Suze Simon”

Meg Cabot book Shadowland

“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about anyone else”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

“The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

“People with ambition don't give a damn what other people think of them.”

Diane Setterfield (1964) English novelist

“I couldn't give a damn, [he said]. Writing is where I succeeded. I was a flop in everything else.”

Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) Indian novelist and journalist

“I don't give a damn for a man who can only spell a word one way.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.”

Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer