He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone

A man does not exist until he is drunk.

It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.

Worry destroys the ability to write.

Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something.

No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.

Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.