I needed a vacation. I needed 5 women. I needed to get the wax out of my ears. My car needed an oil change. I'd failed to file my damned income tax. One of the stems had broken off of my reading glasses. There were ants in my apartment. I needed to get my teeth cleaned. My shoes were run down at the heels. I had insomnia. My auto insurance had expired. I cut myself every time i shaved. I hadn't laughed in 6 years. I tended to worry when there was nothing to worry about. And when there was something to worry about, i got drunk.

and love is a word used too much and much too soon.

if you get married they think you're finished and if you are without a woman they think you're incomplete.

we had such tremendous fun and much agony together for some years

We are hardly ever as strong as that which we create.

I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.

i am going to start selling air in dark orange bags marked: moon-blooms