Addison

“This is for the poor like me and the rich, those that cling to life because they want it... this is for the Greek and the Italian and the Negro, this is for the Indian and the Chinaman, this is for everyone, this is for the beloved, this is for the banished, the victor and the beaten and the homo, the second-story man, the mother-in-law and her daughter, the girl I held in my arms last night, this is for the wishless..." (Rod McKuen on his show for KROW)”
― Barry Alfonso, A Voice of the Warm: The Life of Rod McKuen

“I only hope while you were adding to my life, I haven't interrupted anything within yours.”
― Rod McKuen, Coming Close to the Earth

“I want to find you. I want to disappear with you. I want to find you, and in the finding to make you disappear into me. I want to be your language. I want to be your translator. I want to be your dictionary. I want to be your map. I wish, I wish, I wish I knew where you are tonight.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal

“I pitied myself for having become used to it, for accepting it as a part of my life. Back then, I hadn't had an inkling of anything like that. I'd assumed that both Mom and Dad would live and look after me forever.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Moshi Moshi