“Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.”
Source: God-Shaped Hole
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.”
Source: God-Shaped Hole
“Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.”
Edith, act III
The Women (1936)
Source: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973), p. 30
"A. Alvarez: The Savage God" (1972), p. 69
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)
Said to Redbook Magazine, quoted by Harold V. Cohen, At Random, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 July 1969 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UMpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7053,3057856
“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”