Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like that, reciting rosaries and spending a lot of time on that kind of Catholic ritual.

Courage comes from the belly - all else is desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.