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Trouble and aggravation’s mostly made up of ordinary things, did you ever notice that? Undramatic things.
“Why is it that so many people think all the answers are in their wallets?” the man asked querulously.
the more one has to go through because of something one owns, the more one wants to keep that thing.
“Everything is for sale. That’s my philosophy. Everything is for sale.”
Because in America, you could have anything you wanted, just as long as you could pay for it. If you couldn’t pay, or refused to pay, you would remain needful forever.
It was funny stuff, sanity. When it was taken away, you didn’t know it. You didn’t feel its departure. You only really knew it when it was restored, like some rare wild bird which lived and sang within you not by decree but by choice.
