"Life appears in a vast variety and innumerable succession of individual forms, since the most salient character of the universe is just that it ceaselessly gives birth to living individuals."

“Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.”

“Being part of a patriarchal society, it kind of helped me figure out what I was all about.”

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“Forgive a wife-slammer if you can. But you don't have to live with him. Forgive a husband who is abusing your children if you can. But only after you kick him out of the house. And if you can't get him out, get help. It's available. In the meantime, don't let him near the kids, and don't let anyone tell you that if you forgive him it means you have to stay with him. [There's an important difference between forgiving a person and tolerating their bad behavior.]”

“I adore the past. So much more restful than the present. So much more dependable than the future.”

“I think the way we played was as important as winning the title, the way we did it with the players and the fans enjoying it.”

“I don't see what people get from hating other people unless it's a special thing I just ain't hip to.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”

“I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers.”

Source : Piers Anthony (2001). “How Precious Was That While”, p.87, Macmillan

“Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal.”