honesty is hard work.

To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure.

We did make use, from time to time, of candles, neckties, scarves, shoelaces, a little water-color paintbrush, her hairbrush, butter, whipped cream, strawberry jam, Johnson’s Baby Oil, my Swedish hand vibrator, a fascinating bead necklace she had, miscellaneous common household items, and every molecule of flesh that was exposed to air or could be located with strenuous search.

A beginning is the end of something, always.

And I'm a pair of pants with a hole scorched through the ass?

To all the Callahan's Places there ever were or ever will be, whatever they may be called — and to all the merry maniacs and happy fools who are fortunate enough to stumble into one: may none of them arrive too late!

Dreams should be forgotten when we wake. Or one day we will find ourselves unable to sleep.