My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

John Clellon Holmes... and I were sitting around trying to think up the meaning of the Lost Generation and the subsequent existentialism and I said 'You know John, this is really a beat generation'; and he leapt up and said, 'That's it, that's right!'

A sociable smile is nothing but a mouth full of teeth.

It's hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

For the first time in my life the weather was not something that touched me, that caressed me, froze or sweated me, but became me.

The Four Inevitabilities: 1. Musty Books. 2. Uninteresting Nature. 3. Dull Existence. 4. Blank Nirvana, buy that boy.