“Don't wanna sleep, don't wanna die, just wanna go a-travellin' through the pastures of the sky”

“I don't wanna go throught the motionsI don't wanna go one more dayWithout your all-consumingPassion inside of meI don't wanna spend my whole life askingWhat if I had given everything?Instead of going through the motions.”

“But there were moments when she played songs that made you wonder where she learned them, where indeed she came from. Harsh-tender wandering tunes with words that smacked of pinewoods or prairie. One went: Don’t wanna sleep, Don’t wanna die, Just wanna go a-travelin’ through the pastures of the sky; and this one seemed to gratify her the most, for often she continued it long after her hair hard dried, after the sun had gone and there were lighted windows in the dusk.”

“I've gotta die of something, but I don't wanna die of it today.”

“I just don't wanna be an ostrich. That's all.”

“Sometimes you win or sometimes you lose.I don't wanna lose you, Don't even own you.I just wanna stay right here, Until never dawns”