"Why think about that when all the golden land's ahead of you and all kinds of unforeseen events wait lurking to surpr…"

"And for just a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step a…"

"Bull had a sentimental streak about the old days in America, especially 1910, when you could get morphine in a drugst…"

"We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one noble fun…"

"What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks disp…"

"It seemed like a matter of minutes when we began rolling in the foothills before Oakland and suddenly reached a heigh…"

"I want to be like him. He's never hung-up, he goes every direction, he lets it all out, he knows time, he has nothing…"

"Life is life, and kind is kind."

"She was reading the want ads of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. I asked her if she was looking for a job; she only sa…"

"And oh, that pan-fried chow mein flavored air that blew into my room from Chinatown, vying with the spaghetti sauces …"