she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the grace is being able to like rock music,symphony music, jazz _anything that contains the original energy ofjoy.

I found it hard to get motivated because I found it hard to care.

(the whole world is at thethroat of the world,everybody feels angry,short-changed, cheated,everybody is despondent,disillusioned.)I welcomed shots of peace, tattered shards ofhappiness.

The centuries are sprinkled with rare magicwith divine creatureswho help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us

There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.