“The less I needed, the better I felt.”

“No, the less I see them the better i like them.”

“It's like a movie, I thought, like a fucking movie. It seemed funny to me. It felt as if we were on camera. I liked it. It was better than the racetrack, it was better than the boxing matches. We kept drinking.”

“I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.”

“I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.”

“The fuckers. There, I feel better. God-damned human race. There, I feel better.”

“I was their bar freak, they needed meto make themselves feelbetter.just like, at times, I needed thatgraveyard.”