“the first place smelled like work, so I took the second”

“After dinner or lunch or whatever it was -- with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what -- I said, "Look, baby, I'm sorry, but don't you realize that this job is driving me crazy...”

“I went over to see Marina two or three or four times a week. I knew as long as I could see the girl I would be all right. Soon after, I got a letter from Fay. She and the child were living in a hip...”

“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”

“Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.”

“I do think that poetry is important though, if you dont strive at it, if you dont fill it full of stars and falseness.”

“If I bet on humanity, I'd never cash a ticket.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”