Note by Saul Holiff, Life is Hell

Notebook entry by Saul Holiff listing short observations and aphorisms such as "Life is hell (ontic anxiety)," "Actions speak louder than words," and "Living well is the best revenge." The last two were common sayings of Holiff's. He also writes here, "My days are numbered...the countdown of those numbers has begun...and us well underway!" This note demonstrates his preoccupation with death.

In Collection:

• Saul Holiff Collection

Creator

• Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005

Subject

• Death
• Anxiety
• Holiff, Saul, 1925-2005

Language

• eng

Date created

• approximately 2000

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 1 leaf ; 13.8 x 21.5 cm

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten note. First four lines underlined in yellow highlighter. Fifth and eighth lines underlined in blue highlighter.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Saul Holiff Collection

Provenance

• Acquired from Jonathan Holiff, October 2016.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• personal papers
• notes (documents)
• aphorisms

Archival item identifier

• File: 2.16
• Accession Number: 2016-018

Fonds title

• Holiff Family fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC510

Is referenced by

• Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/holiff-family-fonds

Date digitized

• 2007 to 2008

Technical note

• Scanning done by Edgeworx Inc. between 2007-2008 for documentary My Father and the Man in Black. Exact dates of scanning and equipment used for scanning unknown. Image resized to 600dpi tiff using Photoshop CS5 by Libraries Digitization. Metadata by SMacFarlane and KD.

Rights

• Material is made available for research and private study; all other uses require permission of the copyright holders.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/2f4g-0p17

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