“This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.”

“This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.”

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

“This was how the world ended. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.”

“Here we go round the prickly pearPrickly pear prickly pearHere we go round the prickly pearAt five o’clock in the morning.Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow For Thine is the KingdomBetween the conceptionAnd the creationBetween the emotionAnd the responseFalls the Shadow Life is very longBetween the desireAnd the spasmBetween the potencyAnd the existenceBetween the essenceAnd the descentFalls the Shadow For Thine is the KingdomFor Thine isLife isFor Thine is theThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper.”

“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.”