“The more people die, the more things stay the same.”
Lullaby (2002)
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American novelist, essayist 1962Related quotes
As quoted in "Pressure builds for change" https://web.archive.org/web/201204251111/http://www.global-briefing.org/2012/04/pressure-builds-for-change/ (April 2012), by Benon Herbert Oluka, Global: The International Briefing
2010s
“The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.”
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
The more it changes, the more it stays the same. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plus-%C3%A7a-change
The more things change, the more they stay the same. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_more_things_change,_the_more_they_stay_the_same
The more that things change, the more they stay the same.
It changes superficially; but, underneath, its essence is always the same.
Les Guêpes, January 1849, vi
Also quoted by Rush in “Circumstances,” Hemispheres (October 29, 1978).
“The more you succeed in making out of yourself, the more bitter a thing it is to have to die.”
Source: The Book of Skulls (1972), Chapter 15 (p. 62)
“Things couldn't stay the same forever.”
Source: The Summer I Turned Pretty
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Source: Warhol in his own words – Untitled Statements ( 1963 – 1987), selected by Neil Printz; as quoted in Andy Warhol, retrospective, Art and Bullfinch Press / Little Brown, 1989, pp. 457 – 467
“Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.”
Source: Frostbite