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> [“That if a thing is defined in contrast that's what life is, the shadow of death. So the mystery of death couldn't be the bad thing, because without it there wouldn't be life. The badness was life, just happening, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/that-if-a-thing-is-defined-in-contrast-that-s-what-life-is-the-shadow/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

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## More by Brian McGreevy

> [“No good ever came out of possessing a firearm in a Patsy Cline singing mood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/no-good-ever-came-out-of-possessing-a-firearm-in-a-patsy-cline/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“He had not actually known what to expect in coming here tonight, much less that it would reveal to him two essential truths of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/he-had-not-actually-known-what-to-expect-in-coming-here-tonight-much/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Knowing before ever seeing it that her ass was like a stationary drop of water on a flower stem”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/knowing-before-ever-seeing-it-that-her-ass-was-like-a-stationary-drop/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“God doesn't want you to be happy, He wants you to be strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/god-doesn-t-want-you-to-be-happy-he-wants-you-to-be-strong/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“We can't know if we laugh at ourselves for being silly or to forget that we're not and that we are still here only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/we-can-t-know-if-we-laugh-at-ourselves-for-being-silly-or-to-forget/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Wisdom is where the brain meets the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/wisdom-is-where-the-brain-meets-the-heart/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“The first step to liberty is respecting the rights of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/the-first-step-to-liberty-is-respecting-the-rights-of-others/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Domesticity. Times when one wonders if Medea is a tragedy or a goddamn wish fulfillment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/domesticity-times-when-one-wonders-if-medea-is-a-tragedy-or-a-goddamn/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Well what?” said Peter. He knew but had learned that if there was one advantage to the male sex it was that your obtuseness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/well-what-said-peter-he-knew-but-had-learned-that-if-there-was-one/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“That if a thing is defined in contrast that's what life is, the shadow of death. So the mystery of death couldn't be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/that-if-a-thing-is-defined-in-contrast-that-s-what-life-is-the-shadow/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Of course, minute as its impact may be in our physical universe, the fact of quantum entanglement is this: If one logically inexplicable thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/of-course-minute-as-its-impact-may-be-in-our-physical-universe-the/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“The thing about coming back from the dead was that your life went on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/the-thing-about-coming-back-from-the-dead-was-that-your-life-went-on/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“Roman ignored her and took her ankles and flipped them purposefully, but because of her hands she could not turn all the way and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/roman-ignored-her-and-took-her-ankles-and-flipped-them-purposefully/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“And remember: the flesh is as sacred as it is profane.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/and-remember-the-flesh-is-as-sacred-as-it-is-profane/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

> [“But she would make it, because maybe he wasn't much of a warrior but if there was one thing that he was cut out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcgreevy/but-she-would-make-it-because-maybe-he-wasn-t-much-of-a-warrior-but/)

[Brian McGreevy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcgreevy/)

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