Clemente

“Age is a terrible thief. Just when you’re getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.”
― Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“You've never in your life seen a horse run so fast! He's all power-all beauty.”
― Walter Farley, The Black Stallion

“When Unguarded Thoughts Returned Over Breakfast

--He needs to eat
and so opens the fridge to retrieve
along with bread
a brick of butter.

--[illegible], Paris.
July 26, 1988”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.”
― John Gunther, Death Be Not Proud