For me, the times I always regret are missed opportunities to say farewell to good people, to wish them long life and say to them in all sincerity, "You build and do not destroy; you sow goodwill and reap it; smiles bloom in the wake of your passing, and I will keep your kindness in trust and share it as occasion arises, so that your life will be a quenching draught of calm in a land of drought and stress." Too often I never get to say that when it should be said. Instead, I leave them with the equivalent of a "Later, dude!" only to discover there would be no later for us.
Kevin Hearne-โSay no more,โ Leif interrupted. โI understand. I will simply have to kill them all myself.โ -"There he goes again. Iโm telling you, Danny Elfman would love to get hold of those lines." -"Not John Williams?" -"If youโve got some hopelessly overmatched heroes fighting evil and some Imperial types marching, John Williams is your guy. You need a song to make people reach for a box of Kleenex, talk to Randy Newman. But if you want creepy atmospherics and spine-shivering chords to back up your casual death threats, you gotta bring in Danny Elfman.
Kevin HearneI suspect that many of us, if given the chance to make one person in our lives love us more, would have no trouble in choosing where to point a finger. We are all needy, all vulnerable, all terrified that perhaps that person has an excellent reason to withhold affection. We shape our purposes to make ourselves worthy and often do not see until much later how it was love-or perhaps the lack of it-that both picked us up and dropped us off at crossroads.
Kevin HearneHe will spit you and roast you with rosemary, and we will all sample your flesh tonight. Tomorrow you will be shat out into the snow. Your diplomacy is bold and edgy, sir.
Kevin HearneThe widowโs eyebrows raised. โYeโve got all these nasty pooches to run around with and ye still might die?โ โIโm going to go fight with a god, some demons, and a coven of witches who all want to kill me,โ I said, โso itโs a distinct possibility.โ โAre yโgoinโ tโkill โem back?โ โIโd certainly like to.โ โAttaboy,โ the widow chuckled. โOff yโgo, then. Kill every last one oโ the bastards and call me in the morninโ.
Kevin Hearne