MERLE HITOWER “EARL MERLE” HIGHCHURCH
“What gives you joy, Merle? Please, gimme this freebie, I’m - just tell me.”
“What brings me joy…is life. I think you can find joy anywhere in life. I’ve found joy honest to god getting to know ya…I haven’t enjoyed, you know, getting my ass killed, but I- I find joy in whatever I do. I don’t always do things right and I dont always do things smart…but whatever I do I do because at the end of the day [joy’s] all you got. Looking back at the joy you got, the joy you found, and the joy you gave other people.”
“But eternally. Merle, eternally? You can’t possibly conceive of the length of eternity, Merle. I have. It’s maddening and hopeless - it is the cruel price of existence, Merle, and it is too horrible to bear once you’ve seen it. Existence, Merle, life, Merle, is horrible. To exist, to live, is horrible.”
“I don’t think I want to hang out with you anymore, John. I think I’m going to take off. And you can continue wallowing in your sadness and your oblivion and seeing everything in the negative and I’m going to go on my way. And I’ll tell you what - if we ever meet each other somewhere in infinity, you can apologize to me and tell me you were wrong.”
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(Source: dietcrystalbebsi, via anonymousalchemist)
