i dunno," i said, "but i have an idea that people who don't think too much tend to look younger longer

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

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

the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever

terror finally becomes almost bearable but never quite terror creeps like a cat crawls like a cat across my mind

as the spirit wanes the form appears

We do not abandon ship. I say, as corny as it may sound, through the strength and spirit and fire and dare and gamble of a few men in a few ways we can save the carcass of humanity from drowning. No light goes out until it goes out. Let's fight as men, not rats. Period. No further addition.