Michael Spadaro

“The trouble with people is they don't understand people.”
― David Goodis

“You know me. Guys like me come a dime a dozen. No fire. No backbone. Dead weight waiting to be pulled around and taken to places where we want to go but can't go alone. Because we're afraid to go alone. Because we're afraid to be alone. Because we can't face people and we can't talk to people. Because we don't know how. Because we can't handle life and don't know the first thing about taking a bite out of life. Because we're afraid and we don't know what we're afraid of and still we're afraid. Guys like me.”
― David Goodis, Dark Passage

“Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.”
― J. D. Salinger

“It's just that I'm curious, that's all. He usually walks alone" "Yeah, he's a loner, all right," the waitress murmured. "Even when he's with someone, he's alone.”
― David Goodis, Shoot the Piano Player