“there must be a way.surely there must be a way that we have not yetthought of.who put this brain inside of me?it criesit demandsit says that there is a chance.it will not say"no.”

“as shedrove me through the hills everything screamed inside ofme, and I kept saying as we drove along(to myself, of course)fucker, it will pass,everything passes,it's all a jokea joke on you”

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

“I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained hispassion. He must have looked like anearthquake walking down the street.”

“There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.”

“I will always carry you, inside, outside, on my fingertips, and at brain edges.”

“I didn't feel that way about it. I had been playing with death for some time. I can't say we were the best of friends but we were well acquainted.”