Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.
Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn’t anticipate.
Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom.
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
Turn the goddam music up! My heart feels like an alligator!
I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits – and millions of Americans agree with me.
There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says ‘Good people drink good beer.’ Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it.
We are all wired into a survival trip, now.
Don’t judge your taco by its price.
Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears.
Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn’t recommend them for everyone.
Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of ‘the rat race’ is not yet final.
I’m a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.
It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.
You can’t play city rules when you live in a jungle.
A little bit of this town goes a very long way.
I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.