Numbers constitute the only universal language.
Art Is a Way Out. Do not let life overwhelm you. When the old paths are choked with the débris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is just such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.
It's solitary drinking that makes drunkards.
Let him ride a horse. He's a cowboy ain't he?
Like a dead man, only friction could make him warm or violence make him mobile.
He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain.