Occupation: Novelist Birth: March 12, 1922 Death: October 21, 1969
Way far back in the beginning of the world was the whirlwind warning that we could all be blown away like chips and cry- Men with tired eyes realize ….
In those days he really didn't know what he was talking about; that is to say, he was a young jailkid all hung-up on the wonderful possibilities of b….
But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you'….
What difference does it make after all?--anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what’s heaven? what’s earth? All in the min….
I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other..
But I remember seeing a mess of leaves suddenly go skittering in the wind and into the creek, then floating rapidly down the creek towards the sea, m….
Don't think of words when you stop but to see picture better..
I could hear Dean, blissful and blabbering and frantically rocking. Only a guy who's spent five years in jail can go to such maniacal helpless extrem….
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They ….
There are worse things than being mad..
We agreed to love each other madly..
Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality..
I want to marry a [guy], so i can rest my soul with [him] till we both get old. This can't go on all the time-- all this franticness and jumping arou….
all I wanted to do was sneak out into the night and disappear somewhere, and go and find out what everybody was doing all over the country..
You don't know what to say to me because the kingdom is within...flesh and blood's dream...so you fly now, pay later, all of us...I mean actually it'….
The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view.
I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief..
We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends..
Yeah," I said, "but you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Where shall we eat?.
All the souls to explore! - It's not so necessary to love, really, as it is to settle something deep with all of those who really matter. Love and ha….
The fact that everybody in the world dreams every night ties all mankind together..