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

as the spirit wanes the form appears

Love breaks my bones and I laugh

bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it

Why do we embroider everything we say with special emphasis when all we really need to do is simply say what needs to he said? Of course the fact is that there is very little that needs to be said.

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

too often, the only escape is sleep