I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.

when I am feeling low all i have to do is watch my cats and my courage returns

The street to my left was backed up with traffic and I watched the people waiting patiently in the cars. There was almost always a man and a women, staring straight ahead, not talking. It was, finally, for everyone, a matter of waiting. You waited and you waited- for the hospital, the doctor, the plumber, the madhouse, the jail, papa death himself. First the signal red, then the signal was green. The citizens of the world ate food and watched t.v. and worried about their jobs or lack of the same, while they waited.

Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.

if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready.

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

dogs and angels are not very far apart