All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together. |
My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. |
It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on. |
Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars. |
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. |
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world. |
You can't teach the old maestro a new tune. |
Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. |
Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. |
Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken. |
All of life is a foreign country. |
I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. |
Accept loss forever. |
Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. |
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? |
Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow. |
My witness is the empty sky. |
I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. |
If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. |
All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land. |