We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?

Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human - they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang around, kid, it's good here, it can be very good here.

If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.

I can never drive my car over a bridge without thinking of suicide. I can never look at a lake or an ocean without thinking of suicide.

New Year's Eve always terrifies me.

Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.