Wes

“and nothing, and nothing. the days of
the bosses, yellow men
with bad breath and big feet, men
who look like frogs, hyenas, men who walk
as if melody had never been invented, men
who think it is intelligent to hire and fire and
profit, men with expensive wives they possess
like 60 acres of ground to be drilled
or shown-off or to be walled away from
the incompetent, men who’d kill you
because they’re crazy and justify it because
it’s the law, men who stand in front of
windows 30 feet wide and see nothing,
men with luxury yachts who can sail around
the world and yet never get out of their vest
pockets, men like snails, men like eels, men
like slugs, and not as good”
― Charles Bukowski, The Essential Bukowski: Poetry

“Sometimes one forgets that not everyone in this world is a bastard.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven

“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

“In fact, driving through Arizona I’d explained a little Buddhism to them, specifically karma, reincarnation, and they all seemed pleased to hear the news. “You mean other chance to come back and try again?” asked the poor little Mexican, who was all bandaged from a fight in Juárez the night before. “That’s what they say.” “Well goddammit next time I be born I hope I ain’t who I am now.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums: