The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.

Once a woman turns against you, forget it. They can love you, then something turns in them. They can watch you dying in a gutter, run over by a car, and they'll spit on you.

Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight.

Keep your money in your pocket. Or bet it on a good horse.

Most people's deaths are a sham. There's nothing left to die.

It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.

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.