“You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.”
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
“If you don't want anyone to know about your existence, you might as well kill yourself. You're taking up space, air.”
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.”
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
― Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.”
― Chicago: City on the Make
― Chicago: City on the Make
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