Pt. I, st. 7
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
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“Every man kills the things that he loves. Some with a look, some with flattery, the coward with a kiss.”
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Pt. I, st. 7.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Source: The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
“(Alternate version.) A brave man will kill you with a sword, a coward with a kiss.”
Bob Dylan
(1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Slow Train Coming (1979), Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
Pearl S. Buck
(1892–1973) American writer
Source: To My Daughters, With Love (1967), pp. 137 http://books.google.com/books?id=adgpB1mSo24C&q=%22some+are+kissing%22&pg=PA137#v=onepage– 138 http://books.google.com/books?id=adgpB1mSo24C&q=%22mothers+and+some+are+scolding+mothers+but+it+is+love+just+the+same+and+most+mothers+kiss+and+scold+together%22&pg=PA138#v=onepage
“Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same. ”
Pearl S. Buck
(1892–1973) American writer
Source: The Gate to Women's Country (1988), Chapter 34 (p. 302)
“Each man kills the things he loves.”
Pete Doherty
(1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.
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The Honeymoon (1805), Act ii. Sc. 1.
“A man kills the thing he loves, and he must die a little himself.”
Clive Barker
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Imajica
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