R. A. Lafferty - Dead Quotes

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His soaring vaunt escaped the blooming ears of us,
He's gone, he's dead, he's dirt, he disappears from us! Be this the death of highest thrust of human all?
The flaming end of bright and shining crewmen all? Destroyed? His road is run? It's but a bend of it;
Make no mistake, this only seems

R. A. Lafferty

I do not understand your custom in this, but we do not intend to fight until all of us are dead. We desire very much that none of us be dead. And we will fight till all of you are dead only if it is absolutely necessary.

R. A. Lafferty

"A newspaper man has got to know when to keep his mouth and his mind shut. You might end up dead."
"Isn't that the usual fate of men, Harry?"

R. A. Lafferty

Lend ear while things incredible we bring about
And Spacemen dead and deathless yet we sing about:— And some were weak and wan, and some were strong enough,
And some got home, but damn it took them long enough!

R. A. Lafferty