I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief.

"What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls.

stick at it like a benni addict

I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.

Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything

a fool forgetting all the ideals and joys I knew before, in my recent years of drinking and disappointment, what does he care if he hasn't got any money: he doesn't need any money, all he needs is his rucksack with those little plastic bags of dried food and a good pair of shoes and off he goes and enjoys the privileges of a millionaire in surroundings like this.

I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.