Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

They say life is all about connecting, like that's a good thing. But when brain and eyes are lining up you know different.

You don't have to be a good person to be a good writer--history shows it's better if you're not--but you have to understand your badness.

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know to know myself in terms of the new standards set by these books.