"Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death."
— William S. Burroughs

"my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world."
— Charles Bukowski

"In all my life I'd never been approached this way, the car pulling up, the Where you going? It was something I wish had happened hundreds of times. I was a looker - someone who looked over at every car at every traffic light, hoping something would happen, and almost never finding anyone looking back - always everyone looking forwards, and every time I felt stupid. Why should people look at you? Why should they care?"
— Dave Eggers