Olene Mackenzie

“You were sick, but now you're well again, and there's work to do.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

“there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.

people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.

people just are not good to each other
one on one.

the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.

we are afraid.

our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.

it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.

or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone

untouched
unspoken to

watering a plant.”
― Charles Bukowski, Love is a dog from Hell

“Anna-Louise leans over and whispers in my ear. "This is so surreal," she says, "I think I'm turning into a melting clock.”
― Douglas Coupland, Shampoo Planet

“Определение полного мудака, я считаю, это когда кто-то не верит в то, что видит.”
― Richard Bachman (Stephen King)