“Some nights I knew that if I slept I would die.”
“An angel kissed my strings, while I slept last night. And her rhythm broke my hunger. And I died a little less.”
“As for me, I longed to love as some people long to cry. I felt that every hour I slept now would be an hour stolen from life.”
“That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again. Everything that day was enjoyable: sitting on the bus, working all day – it all felt good. It was the best day of my life.”
“slept all night in the cedar grove,i was born to ramble, born to rove,some men are searchin' for the holy grail,but there ain't nothin' sweeterthan ridin' the rails”
“I read the book again that night because I knew that if I didn't, I would probably start crying again.”