We could see the children's toys here and there, and we saw a game that the children had made themselves out of dirt, deer antlers and abalone shells, but the game was so strange that only children could tell what it was. Perhaps it wasn't a game at all, only the grave of a game.
Richard BrautiganI had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep.
Richard BrautiganMy teachers could easily have ridden with Jesse James for all the time they stole from me.
Richard Brautiganbecause you always have a clock strapped to your body, it's natural that i should think of you as the correct time: with your long blonde hair at 8:03, and your pulse-lightning breasts at 11:17, and your rose-meow smile at 5:30, i know i'm right.
Richard BrautiganI feel as if I am an ad for the sale of a haunted house: 18 rooms $37,000 Iโm yours ghosts and all.
Richard BrautiganThis morning I saw a coyote walking through the sagebrush right at the very edge of the ocean โ next stop China. The coyote was acting like he was in New Mexico or Wyoming, except that there were whales passing below. Thatโs what this country does for you. Come down to Big Sur and let your soul have some room to get outside its marrow.
Richard Brautigan