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5 Quotes by Suicidal Writers that Blew My Mind
And the lessons I learned from them.
People think rock stars have the wildest lives. That’s because they don’t know the lives of writers.
When I was growing up, I thought writers were serious persons with boring lives. Weird people dedicated to writing boring things.
As I came into contact with adventure books, my opinion changed a bit: now they were boring people who wrote mind-blowing stories.
As I got older, I became interested in writer’s lives, and that’s when the truth dazzled me.
I discovered that Mick Jagger is a charity sister compared to Charles Baudelaire.
I discovered that Jack London’s adventures had nothing to envy those of the fictional character Indiana Jones.
I discovered that Roald Dahl was more intense than any Quentin Tarantino movie.
I discovered that every good writer had dared to stare into the abyss.
I discovered that that abyss got inside them.
Some lived short lives but let us unforgettable books full of truth and wisdom.
That’s why in today’s article, I want to tell you about suicidal writers who were devoured by the abyss.
