The Laughing Heart your life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are ways out. there is a light somewhere. it may not be much light but it beats the darkness. be on the watch. the gods will offer you chances. know them. take them. you can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it. you are marvelous the gods wait to delight in you.

I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together.

it's better to be happy...if you can..!!

There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness.

Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.

Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer.

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity