“[Raymond Chandler] wrote as if pain hurt and life mattered.”

“But that's what being an artist is - feeling crummy before everyone else feels crummy.”

“On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog...”

“Visual journals are created in a secret language of symbols. Intentional or not, they are private maps only their makers can follow.”

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

“I never hear about dear Mike. I wrote Ellen Greene and asked about him and she replyed and never mentioned Mike but told me all about her roomatism. As if I cared about her roomatism.”

“He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and then he disappeared into the darkness.With shaky legs, ignoring the fact that my action was useless, I followed him into the forest. The evidence of his path had disappeared instantly. There were no footprints, the leaves were still again, but I walked forward without thinking. I could not do anything else. I had to keep moving. If I stopped looking for him, it was over. Love, life, meaning ...over ...."Forbidden to remember, terrified to forget; it was a hard line to walk.”