Quotes from authors that died on May 9th
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.
Tenzing Norgay
If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.
Tenzing Norgay
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
Nelson Algren
Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.
Ulrike Meinhof
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin
Pierre Beaumarchais 
Damon Albarn 
Josh Schwartz 
Trey Parker 
Alonzo Mourning 
Harry Reasoner 
Amy Winehouse 
Marquis de Sade