don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.

True revolution comes from true revulsion; when things get bad enough the kitten will kill the lion.

Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great.

I could scream down 90 mountains to less than dust if only one living human had eyes in the head and heart in the body, but there is no chance, my god, no chance. rat with rat dog with dog hog with hog, play the piano drunk listen to the drunk piano, realize the myth of mercy stand still as even a child's voice snarls and we have not been fooled, it was only that we wanted to believe.

Death is not the problem; waiting around for it is.

how can you be true and kind at the same time? how?

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.