a bang QUOTES

1 " I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try and call on it, just like a light bulb cracking off when you throw the switch. "

― Lucy Grealy

2 " This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper. "

― T.S. Eliot

3 " The world won't end with a bang or a whimper. It'll end with the death screams of a thousand demons and a defiant, carefree, savage, wolfen howl. "

― Darren Shan , Wolf Island (The Demonata, #8)

4 " The apocalypse was supposed to be cliché drama, Godzilla roaming the streets and zombies crawling from graves to devour the living. I guess all of humankind wanted to believe they’d end with a bang instead of unnoticed silence. We all, deep down, want to believe in a future where our historical monuments and literature hold significance. We want our deaths to be important. We want to matter. "

― Caroline George , The Vestige

5 " It used to be said, not so long ago, that every suicide gave Satan special pleasure. I don't think that's true—unless it isn't true either that the Devil is a gentleman. If the Devil has no class at all, then okay, I agree: He gets a bang out of suicide. Because suicide is a mess. As a subject for study, suicide is perhaps uniquely incoherent. And the act itself is without shape and without form. The human project implodes, contorts inward—shameful, infantile, writhing, gesturing. It's a mess in there. "

― Martin Amis , Night Train

6 " It's better to go out with a bang and a press release than with a whimper and a secret. "

― Mira Grant , Deadline (Newsflesh, #2)

7 " This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper. "

― T.S. Eliot , The Hollow Men

8 " This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door. "

― Amanda Hocking , Hollowland (The Hollows, #1)

9 " Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them. "

― Evelyn Waugh , Brideshead Revisited

10 " This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. "

11 " Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine. "