"The imaginative young vagabond quickly loses the social instincts that help to make life bearable for other men. Always he hears voices calling in the night from far-away places where blue waters lap strange shores. He hears birds singing and crickets chirping a luring roundelay. He sees the moon, yellow ghost of a dead planet, haunting the earth."

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Source : Jim Tully (2004). “Beggars of Life: A Hobo Autobiography”, p.167, AK Press

Jim Tully

#Moon Quotes #Night Quotes #Men Quotes

“This war is really the greatest insanity in which white races have ever been engaged.”
“It's too easy to be myself with you.”
“Hold no grudges and practice forgiveness. This is the key to having peace in all your relationships.”
“A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.”
“Legislators need to support privacy to establish consumer confidence.”

Source : "High tech's top 5 special interests" by Stacy Collett, www.cnn.com. July 5, 2001.
“I choose to live, not just exist.”

Source : "Metallica's James Hetfield Calls Rehab Challenging, Gratifying" by Jon Wiederhorn, www.mtv.com. February 21, 2002.
“What people who don't write don't understand is that they think you make up the line consciouslyÂ â€” but you don't.Â It proceeds from your unconscious. So it's the same surprise to you when it emerges as it is to the audience when the comic says it. I don't think of the joke and then say it. I say it and then realize what I've said. And I laugh at it, because I'm hearing it for the first time myself.”
“One should make morals judgements for oneself.”

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