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

We must.. We must bring our own light to the darkness

People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.

The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.

the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much more than simply dead: I am a dish for your ashes, I am a fist for your vanished air. the most terrible thing about life is finding it gone.

If I hadn't been a drunkard, I probably would have committed suicide long ago.

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.