The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled by the giant moon

The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?

But if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.

LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species you are sometimes. And I don't know of anybody who hasn't come back from that being more humane, more thoughtful, more understanding.

I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you think the guy telling this is ranting and raving my God; you think this is too horrible to have really happened, this is too awful to be the truth! But, please. It’s still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it. But it’s the truth even if it didn’t happen.

To be just without being mad (and the madder you get the madder you get), to be peaceful without being stupid, to be interested without being compulsive, to be happy without being hysterical... smoke grass.