‘In birth, two people go into a room and three come out. In death, one person goes in and none come out. This is a cosmic joke… There are philosophers who take this joke seriously. To their way of thinking, the only option in the face of death – in facing death’s absurd non-face – [...]
Posts Tagged ‘John Donne’
First Sunday in Lent
Posted in Sunday Quotes, tagged John Donne, Zadie Smith on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sixth Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday)
Posted in Sunday Quotes, tagged Albert Camus, John Donne, Palm Sunday on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘…since the order of world is regulated by death, perhaps is it better for God we do not believe in him and we fight with all our might against death, without raising our eyes heavenward where he keeps silent.’
- Albert Camus, The Plague
‘Here is a man, that shall never see death so, but that he [...]