I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.

there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late

You were destroyed by what you befriended.

pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more.

i dunno," i said, "but i have an idea that people who don't think too much tend to look younger longer

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.

Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself.