We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.

Her voice left a flavor of honey and gunpowder on the air.

They know these mornings well and love them desperately because they cannot last - these people who know that nothing lasts.

Sitting up all night would be pointless if somebody you loved wasn't sitting up with you, picking out music to play and helping you kill the bourbon. Walking by yourself in the rain is for college kids who think loneliness makes poets.

There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.

Sparrows and cats will live in my shoe, Sooner than I will live with you. Fish will come walking out of the sea, Sooner than you will come back to me.

Avicenna California...Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories.