“In a man’s letters his soul lies naked.”
“Man’s wants remain unsatisfied till death.Then, when his soul is naked, is he oneWith the man in the wind, and the west moon, With the harmonious thunder of the sun”
“Suddenly he caught his reflection in the mirror behind her. His face was twisted into a dark scowl, and he was standing there naked, with a boner, and another man’s business card in his hand.He looked like a dick.”
“Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.”
“The only true immortality lies in one's children.[Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger]”
“Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.”