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I was amazed by the fact that I was not the only writer living, not the only young man "with a locomotive in his chest, and that's a fact," not the on...more

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The Grim Reaper isn't grim at all; he's a life-saver. He isn't grim because he isn't anything. . . . he is nothing. And nothing is a hell of a lot bet...more

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Buds in the snow—the deadly fightbetween two birds

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Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.

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A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell of.

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I am young now and can look upon my body and soul with pride. But it will be mangled soon, and later it will begin to disintegrate, and then I shall d...more

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Love is bitter, death is sweet.

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I'd rather be thin than famousbut I'm fatpaste that in your broadway show

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And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks!