she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

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

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

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

the best part waspulling down theshadesstuffing the doorbellwith ragsputting the phonein therefrigeratorand going to bedfor 3 or 4days. and the next bestpartwasnobody evermissedme.

Accept losing but never give up the hope of winning

It was a broken world, I knew then, that would allow a boy such as me to bury a boy such as William K.

The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life.

When a man or woman is born again by the Spirit of God they will give evidence of it in part by striving to live a holy life.

Doing it wrong fast is at least better than doing it wrong slowly.

You and your name dropping he said, I knew Michael, I knew Sammael. The angel Gabriel did my hair. Its like I'm with the band with biblical figures.

The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy.

When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally.

But you built me dreams instead.

... the atlas is a manifold. This is a typical mathematician's use of the word "is", and should not be confused with the normal use.