

“Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.”
―
―

“on the continent
I'm soft. I
dream too.
I let myself dream. I dream of
being famous. I dream of
walking the streets of London and
Paris. I dream of
sitting in cafes
drinking fine wines and
taking a taxi back to a good
hotel.
I dream of
meeting beautiful ladies in the hall
and
turning them away because
I have a sonnet in mind
that I want to write
before sunrise. at sunrise
I will be asleep and there will be a
strange cat curled up on the
windowsill.
I think we all feel like this
now and then.
I'd even like to visit
Andernach, Germany, the place where
I began, then I'd like to
fly on to Moscow to check out
their mass transit system so
I'd have something faintly lewd to
whisper into the ear of the mayor of
Los Angeles upon to my return to this
fucking place.
it could happen.
I'm ready.
I've watched snails crawl over
ten foot walls
and vanish.
you mustn't confuse this with
ambition.
I would be able to laugh at my
good turn of the cards -
and I won't forget you.
I'll send postcards and
snapshots, and the
finished sonnet.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
I'm soft. I
dream too.
I let myself dream. I dream of
being famous. I dream of
walking the streets of London and
Paris. I dream of
sitting in cafes
drinking fine wines and
taking a taxi back to a good
hotel.
I dream of
meeting beautiful ladies in the hall
and
turning them away because
I have a sonnet in mind
that I want to write
before sunrise. at sunrise
I will be asleep and there will be a
strange cat curled up on the
windowsill.
I think we all feel like this
now and then.
I'd even like to visit
Andernach, Germany, the place where
I began, then I'd like to
fly on to Moscow to check out
their mass transit system so
I'd have something faintly lewd to
whisper into the ear of the mayor of
Los Angeles upon to my return to this
fucking place.
it could happen.
I'm ready.
I've watched snails crawl over
ten foot walls
and vanish.
you mustn't confuse this with
ambition.
I would be able to laugh at my
good turn of the cards -
and I won't forget you.
I'll send postcards and
snapshots, and the
finished sonnet.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell

“I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, "I want to go too! I want to go too!" And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: "We are all going.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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