"I'm not a guru. I wish you wouldn't pose these things at me, man. Ask me about women or something.












I like to prowl ordinary placesand taste the people-from a distance.

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"You understand, we just don't fuck with truth.
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"I have one problem, I don’t hate people. They disgust me and I want to get away from them. I do not have hatred. I have an escape mechanism.
"I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it.
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"the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.
"DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG
"Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.
"a life can change in a tenth ofa second.or sometimes it can take70years.