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...they would say 'he said this, he did that', but they would never say 'she said this, she did that'. So I would say, they are sick, and I am well. P...more

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What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is besid...more

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I'd decided the campus was just a place to hide. There were some campus freaks who stayed on forever. The whole college scene was soft. They never tol...more

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I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.

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I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

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when I drive the freeways I see the soul of humanity ofmy city and it's ugly, ugly, ugly: the living have choked theheartaway.

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the worst thing," he told me,"is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

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Beasts bounding through time. Van Gogh writing his brother for paintsHemingway testing his shotgunCeline going broke as a doctor of medicinethe imposs...more

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I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

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as long as there arehuman beings aboutthere is never going to beany peacefor any individualupon this earth (oranywhere elsethey mightescape to).all yo...more