At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.
John D. MacDonaldThe only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.
John D. MacDonaldNight and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.
John D. MacDonald