I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness.
Bill Callahan, Letters to Emma Bowlcut.
“They say marriages work better if you don't know the person too well. Maybe we should stop writing each other posthaste.”
“When I moved, I unearthed the diaries I kept for ten years. I sat and went through them and they were a worthless burden to own. People will say it's tragic I threw them out, but I know it isn't.”
“I have never cried in the shower. That's a woman thing I think.”
“A drink centers me but I usually make myself wait until at least 9:00 PM for that. Or 8:00 PM. Whichever comes first.”
“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
“Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty s...”
“My get-up-and-go often leaves without me.”
“I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyon...”
“Thats love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.”
“Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.”