I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound.
They can't tell so much about you if you got your eyes closed.
But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.
The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.
She asked if we were calm enough for her to take off the cuffs, and McMurphy nodded. He had slumped over with his head hung and his elbows between his knees and looked completely exhausted--it hadn't occurred to me that it was just as hard for him to stand straight as it was for me.
What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it.