I was beaten down long ago in some alley in another world.

I walk into the kitchen, look at the typer down there on the floor. It's a dirty floor. It's a dirty typer that types dirty stories

They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.

If it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it.

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.

Oh, I don’t mean you’re handsome, not the way people think of handsome. Your face seems kind. But your eyes - they’re beautiful. They’re wild, crazy, like some animal peering out of a forest on fire.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS