Wisdom Is Finding Joy In Bewilderment

Sparrows And Cats Will Live In My Shoe, Sooner Than I Will Live With You. Fish Will Come Walking Out Of The Sea, Sooner Than You Will Come Back To Me.

Haggard, I Would Not Be You For All The World," He Declared. "you Have Let Your Doom In By The Front Door, Although It Will Not Depart That Way. (...) Farewell, Poor Haggard, Farewell!

Sitting Up All Night Would Be Pointless If Somebody You Loved Wasn't Sitting Up With You, Picking Out Music To Play And Helping You Kill The Bourbon. Walking By Yourself In The Rain Is For College Kids Who Think Loneliness Makes Poets.

The Woman I Loved Died Because I Did Not Love Her Enough - What Greater Sin Is There Than That?" (uncle Chaim And Aunt Fifke And The Angel)

I'll Tell You Something. Once I Was Very Fond Of A Poem By Emily Dickinson Or Somebody. I Only Remember One Line Of It, But It Goes, 'the Soul Selects Her Own Society.' I Used To Tell It To Everybody. Once I Quoted It To A Friend Of Mine, And He Said, 'maybe, But The Body Gets Thrown Into Bed With The Goddamnedest People.