Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself.

Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He would be as one on them: quiet, open hearted in the sunshine and heavy when it rained.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.

It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.