“Yes, I received your letter yesterday (About the time the doorknob broke) When you asked how I was doing Was that some kind of joke?All these people that you mention Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame I had to rearrange their faces And give them all another name Right now I can’t read too good Don’t send me no more letters, no Not unless you mail them From Desolation Row-Bob Dylan, “Desolation Row” (1965)”
“I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question.Tell me," I said.You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.”
“How can you ask me when i want to get married when you have yet to ask me if i will marry you?”
“Is this some kind of joke?""That's for me to know and you to find out.""Maybe you think it's funny to put up signs about people who want to commit suicide.""Are you about to?""And what if I was?""I wouldn't tell you the gorgeous reasons I have discovered for going on living.""What would you do?""I'd ask you to name the rock-bottom price you'd charge to go on living for just one more week.”
“How do you expect to do that?",I asked,"Do you have some sort of get-out-of-Hades-free card?”