“in that drunken placeyou wouldlike to hand your heart to herand saytouch itbut thengive it back.”
“A sober heart conceals, what a drunken mouth reveals, or in your case, a drunken body and lips.”
“But I also meant that loving someone really opening your heart to them is just asking to have your heart smashed and handed back to you in little pieces.”
“Pour your scotch on the rocksand drink your misery down.Go home and make love to herand picture me, picture me.Yeah, picture me!”
“At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it. You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain, and then--and only then--it is handed to you.”
“My heart is your heart," he said. "My hands are your hands.”