The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.

I rather like the idea of having all my hours to myself: eating a Fudge Sundae, watching a movie, sleeping on my couch, singing in the bathroom, studying the woods, kidding around with a girl, playing cards lazily - all kinds of stuff that American brands 'shiftless.'

stick at it like a benni addict

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.

It's all too much and not enough at the same time.

I'm right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.

The cowboy music twanged in the roadhouse and carried across the fields, all sadness. It was all right with me. I kissed my baby and we put out the lights.