Death Quote by J.G. Ballard — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.”

“Dissembling was so large a part of middle-class life that honesty and frankness seemed the most devious stratagem of all. The most outright lie was the closest one came to truth.”

“This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job.”

“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.”

“The painful truth about life is not death but death while you are alive.”

“Erik, Erik! I saved your life! Remember? You were scentenced to death! But for me you would be dead by now.”

“I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy.”

“Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!”