"I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own."

"On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever."

"The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight."

"By all means come in, Kenneth." "Some place. What holds it up?" "Faith."

"Reach over and press this buzzer for action. A young man's raw face flicked around the door. "Good morning, Mr. Dange…"

"Across the Butt Bridge. Covered with torn newspapers and hulking toothless old men watching out the last years. They'…"

"And dear God Give me strength To put my shoulder To the wheel And push Like the rest."

"They crossed the street and O'Keefe bought an Irish Times and moved jauntily over the bridge, both filled with a torr…"

"But Jesus, when you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both it's…"

"Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain."