“I was in love again. I was in trouble”

“I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.”

“I avoided any direct reference to Jews and Blacks, who had never given me any trouble. All my trouble had come from white gentiles.”

“Few beautiful women were willing to indicate in public that they belonged to someone. I had known enough women to realize this. I accepted them for what they were and love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons. One simply became tired of holding back love and let it go because it needed some place to go. Then, usually, there was trouble.”

“I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.”

“If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains.”

“Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pain. It was a full time job.”