Laurence

“He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend. ”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“Life was not longer something to endure, but to live. ”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“This book is dedicated, with love, to Bobby, who has found the only pound of pure- Faith in a Loving God.”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream

“Harry and Tyrone were holding out a little more on each other each day. If one guy somehow got caught short and his nose and eyes were running and his body shivering as they scuffled and hustled the street trying to cop, and asked the other one to give him a taste, the guy swore up and down he had nothing, that he had just done in his cottons, and he would start shaking, trying to fake his friend out.”
― Hubert Selby Jr., Requiem for a Dream