a good book can make an almost impossible existence, liveable ( from 'the luck of the word' )

The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the "Watchtower" itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.

Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.

People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.

I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.

The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative.

For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.