And with joy you realize for the first time "Thinking's just like not thinking — So I don't have to think any more".

..and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didnt know who I was

Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To the children and the innocent it's all the same.

You were my last chance' she's said but don't all women say that? - But can it be by 'last chance' she doesn't mean mere marriage but some profoundly sad realization of something in me she really needs to go on living, at least that impression coming across anyway on the force of all the gloom we've shared -

Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.

The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you're already in heaven now.