Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

And it seems people should not build houses anymore it seems people should stop working and sit in small rooms on second floors under electric lights without shades; it seems there is a lot to forget and a lot not to do and in drugstores, markets, bars, the people are tired, they do not want to move, and I stand there at night and look through this house and the house does not want to be built

and love is a word used too much and much too soon.

I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it.

What's wrong with assholes, baby?

When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds.