Quote by Jacques Derrida

“Orpheus 2 He has been trying to sing Love into existence again And he has failed.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Eurydice sits alone on a red bed. She has flaming red hair, so flaming that you can't see anything else of her, much less…

— Kathy Acker

“I wanted a guy like Orpheus. Orpheus has gone through Tartarus to rescue his wife—that was love. Hades probably didn't even know the meaning…

— Kaitlin Bevis

“Talk about doomed love. He's gay, she's dead, stay tuned.”

— Aprilynne Pike

“There was my life before I told a strange woman in a negligee that I was a homosexual, and now there would be my…

— David Sedaris

“Everyone dies, but in the end it comes down to what you are willing to die for, Alexandria.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink Of obvious death, where I, who thought to sink, Was caught up into love, and taught the…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I lived like a man who wanted to die but who had no courage to do it himself. I walked black streets and alleys…

— Anne Rice

“He tossed back the last of the blood. "I'm going to be young forever. I can do anything I want. Drink as much as…

— Thomas Galvin

“Death was constant, unprejudiced to age, race, or creed.”

— Jessica Fortunato

“He thought about that visionary lady. To die, he thought, never knowing the fierce joy and attendant comfort of a loved one's embrace. To…

— Richard Matheson

“I was dying, I realized vaguely. There was no getting out of that. The vampire author would be drained dry by a vampire. It…

— Mari Mancusi