Shane Hallam

“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.”
― Allen Ginsberg, Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”
― Mitch Albom, For One More Day

“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.”
― Mario Puzo

“Tell 'em to God. Don' go burdenin' other people with your sins. That ain't decent.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath