On this Halloween Night, I reflect on All Hallows Eve, a precursor of All Saints Day (or Day of the Dead), which is followed by All Souls Day, when people pray for the souls of the dead.
Since death is the one thing we all have awaiting, and tonight we play spooky games with death props of ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, cemeteries, spiders and flies, I am ever conscious of what the Spaniards like to say, “A cada chancho le llega su San Martín”. This translates to “St. Martin will arrive for every pig” or “every pig gets its own St. Martin”.
The day of St. Martin of Tours was the date of the slaughter of the pigs, a festival to prepare the meat and sausages for the winter.
The popular saying then developed a secondary meaning: “those who do evil, sooner or later, will receive their well-deserved punishment.” In other words: karma.
So, wishing everyone, young and old, ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, grun reapers, devils and saints, a happy evening of fun and horror, I leave you with a few quotes. Enjoy!
“Everyone is a moon and has a dark side, which he never shows to anybody.” – Mark Twain
“We all go a little mad sometimes.”- Wise words from Norman Bates – Psycho
“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?” – American Psycho
“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.” – Charles Addams (cartoonist)
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” – Robert Block (writer)
“Wendy, darling, light of my life, I’m not gonna hurt you. I’m just gonna bash your brains in.” – Stephen King – Imagine a loving Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
“Hell is empty. All the devils are here.” – Shakespeare – The Tempest
“Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.” – Rémy de Gourmont (French poet)
“Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.” Dante
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Dum Spiro Spero 