“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.”
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
― The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.”
― Vision of Buddhism: The Space Under the Tree
― Vision of Buddhism: The Space Under the Tree
“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.”
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“Did you ever eat a whole box of cookies right in a row? Did you ever do that? I don't mean take them into your bedroom or something. I mean open them right up in the kitchen as soon as you get home from the store and eat 'em while you're standing there? Just stare at the toaster while you're eatin' a whole goddamn box of cookies?”
― Napalm & Silly Putty
― Napalm & Silly Putty
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