"I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil."
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"
"What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question is: Can you write?"
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."