Sometimes a man doesn’t know what to do about things and sometimes it’s best to lie very still and try not to think at all about anything.

what matters most is how well you walk through the fire

I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS

I am too sick to lay down the sidewalks frighten me the whole damned city frightens me, what I will become what I have become frightens me.

Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight.

You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other.