“The moonlight came in with the sounds of the city: juke boxes, automobiles, curses, dogs barking, radios … We were all in it together.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
“You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive?
I don't know. I'm already tired.”
― Ham on Rye
I don't know. I'm already tired.”
― Ham on Rye
“The soul is the body’s vanity and pleasure as long as the body’s in good health, but it’s also the urge to escape from the body as soon as the body is sick or things go badly.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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“If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.”
― Ham on Rye
― Ham on Rye
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