Personal responsibility Quote by Kealan Patrick Burke

“Heaven is a construct fabricated by people who can't let go of those they've lost and who wish to relegate the notion of personal responsibility to a ghost in the sky” quote by Kealan Patrick Burke — Download Open image

““Heaven is a construct fabricated by people who can't let go of those they've lost and who wish to relegate the notion of personal responsibility to a ghost in the sky””

Kealan Patrick Burke

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Horror itself is a bit of a bullied genre, the antagonist being literary snobbery and public misconception. And I think good horror tackles our darkest fears, whatever they may be. It takes us into the minds of the victims, explores the threats, disseminates fear, studies how it changes us. It pulls back the curtain on the ugly underbelly of society,…

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“It was fun watching the cigarette smoke develop into words until he saw what they said.”

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“Without proof of an afterlife, they were intimately aware of their mortality and the limitations of it.”

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“He wasn't afraid to die. He was afraid to die alone.”

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