“Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note.'Sorry,' said the note.'Just not big enough.”
“Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. ”
“For a second we just stand there in silence. Then, suddenly, Alex is back,easy and smiling again. “I left a note for you one time. In the Governor’s fist, youknow?”I left a note for you one time. It’s impossible, too crazy to think about, and Ihear myself repeating, “You left a note for me?”“I’m pretty sure it said something stupid. Just hi, and a smiley face, and myname. But then you stopped coming.” He shrugs. “It’s probably still there. Thenote, I mean. Probably just a bit of paper pulp by now.”
“The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.”
“-I have dreamed of escape, a forever-to burn your suicide notes she read in Braille-and the stars of dawn's trousseau”
“David Goodis didn’t write novels, he wrote suicide notes.”