Hemingway and Saroyan had the line, the magic of it. The problem was that Hemingway didn't know how to laugh and Saroyan was filled with sugar.

there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock

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

the grace is being able to like rock music, symphony music, jazz … anything that contains the original energy of joy.

The wisdom to quit is all we have left.

Those who preach god, need god Those who preach peace do not have peace Those who preach love do not have love

the psyche has been burned and left us senseless, the world has been darker than lights-out in a closet full of hungry bats, and the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on