We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus!

The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless.

If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.

Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon.

I've never met another man I'd rather be.