“whiskey makes the heart beat faster
but it sure doesn't help the
mind and isn't it funny how you can ache just
from the deadly drone of
existence?”
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
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American writer 1920–1994Related quotes

Variant translations:
Memory of sun fades in my heart
What is this? Darkness? Maybe! —
During the night comes
winter.
"Memory of the Sun" (alternate translation by Paula Goodman)
Thinking Of The Sun (1911)

“You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.”
Variant: You know, a heart can be broken, but it still keeps a-beating just the same.
Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“There's no way to make the pain play fair
It doesn't disappear just because you say it isn't there”
"Eden"
Written by Bareilles and Matt Hales
Lyrics, The Blessed Unrest (2013)

“If the word doesn't exist, invent it; but first be sure it doesn't exist.”