Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature.

it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty

Life's too damn funny for me to explain.

i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble