“I’ve always felt there’s something genetically instilled and inbred in Californians—that California is a place of death, a place people are drawn to because they don’t realize deep down they’re actually afraid of what they want. It’s new, and they’re escaping their histories while at the same time moving headlong toward their own extinctions. Desire and death are all mixed up with the thrill and the risk of the unknown. It’s a variation of what Freud called the “death instinct.”
― Girl in a Band
― Girl in a Band
“It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.”
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“Every day you play with the light of the universe.”
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
― Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
“You have a unique gift to offer this world. Be true to yourself, be kind to yourself, read and learn about everything that interests you and keep away from people who bring you down. When you treat yourself kindly and respect the uniqueness of those around you, you will be giving this world an amazing gift... YOU!”
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
― Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“At the roadsides I never had a really good dinner or a really bad breakfast.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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