“Been down so long it looks like up to me.”

“The conscience of my elusive race gives not a fig for me, baby. But I endure, if you know what I mean.”

“In the room, the cats eat mad spaghettiTalking of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.--from "The Dream Song of J. Alfred Kerowack.”

“god, they say, is love. and some one's got to pass the word.”

“we mistake induction for generation.”

“be careful. you are what you eat.”

“I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We dream and dream of being seen as we really are and then finally someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up. Anyway: story received, story included. You looked at me long enough to see something mysterioso under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks. Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.”