Later: Woke up at 3:00 am and crept into Davids room. I talked to David about the ghost who came to live in his body, the sad soul who was taken back into the earth.David’s trophies are dusty again.

The atoms of the earth are formed inside of stars. Nothing really dies, everything is transformed.

The maddened four men followed frantically, for it is better to be in the presence of the awful than only within hearing. ("The Black Dog")

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.

So will you meet me?” “Yeah. Sure. Where.” “Montrag’s safe house in Connecticut. If you were the one who killed him, you know the address.

Strange: how when a light is extinguished, it's immediately as if it has never been. Darkness fills in again, complete.

I ain't guilty cause, even though I sell rocks Yo sound the bells school is in sucker

In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs.

We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her

I started writing because I decided I was too old to play pretend in the backyard. Then I found that I could create those imaginary worlds on the page.