They laughed. Things were funny. They weren't afraid to care. There was no sense to life, to the structure of things.

but isn't there always one good thing to look back on? think of how many cups of coffee we drank together.

If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.

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.

Love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons.