SK Gaski quoted The Custard Heart by Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern, #4)
'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.'
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Content warning Vag plottblott for novella Big Blonde, men det e jo ikke som om noen av dokker kommer til å lese den?
But how would you do it? It made her sick to think of jumping from heights. She could not stand a gun. At the theater, if one of the actors drew a revolver, she crammed her fingers into her ears and could not even look at the stage until after the shot had been fired. There was no gas in her flat. She looked long at the bright blue veins in her slim wrists - a cut with a razor blade, and there you'd be. But it would hurt, hurt like hell, and there would be blood to see. Poison - something tasteless and quick and painless - was the thing. But they wouldn't sell it to you in drug-stores, because of the law.
— The Custard Heart by Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern, #4) (Page 33)
Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.
[Dorothy Parker – Resumé]