“the area dividing the brain and the soul
is affected in many ways by
experience –
some lose all mind and become soul:
insane.
some lose all soul and become mind:
intellectual.
some lose both and become:
accepted.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
is affected in many ways by
experience –
some lose all mind and become soul:
insane.
some lose all soul and become mind:
intellectual.
some lose both and become:
accepted.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free.”
― Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
― Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
“Tell him to seek the stars and he will kill himself with climbing.”
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
― The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
“All we do is sleep, and eat and lay around and make love. We're like slugs. Slug-love, I call it.”
― Women
― Women
“Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments.”
― The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories
― The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories
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