If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Humanity adores only those who cause it to perish.

Those that perished in Hitler’s gas chambers were the last Jews to die without standing up to defend themselves.

I’d rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free.

We shall perish, but we have as hostages these divine captives who will follow and share our fate. And death in their company is somehow less bitter, less inglorious, perhaps even less probable.

We shall perish
along the path of Love.
Fate will trample us. Yeah, tempting
young woman, get up and give me your lips
before I return to dust.