First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

I will remember the kisses our lips raw with love and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was left of me, and I will remember your small room the feel of you the light in the window your records your books our morning coffee our noons our nights our bodies spilled together sleeping the tiny flowing currents immediate and forever your leg my leg your arm my arm your smile and the warmth of you who made me laugh again.

I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty.

why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened? because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high. (Night Streets of Madness)

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.

and then there are some who believe that old relationships can be revived and made new again. but please if you feel that way don't phone don't write don't arrive