• from neil gaiman's "cold colors":

"...someday I'll find my tube train underground, I'll pay no fare, just, "This is Hell, and I want out of it," and then things will be simple once again."

• from joanna newsom's "clam, crab, cockle, cowrie":

"there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road... i do as i please and i'm on my knees and your skin is something that i stir into my tea and i am watching you."

• from elaine dundy's "life itself!":

"Soon after I realized I was also filled with a down-to-earth craving, which came over me whenever I met or even just viewed the aforementioned young men in the workplace, in the canteen, in the Arlington village restaurant, the Grill, or at the bus stop waiting for the bus to take us to Washington. Put frankly, my guts were saying: What a place to lose your virginity! To which my mind responded: And what a time to do it!"

• from bob dylan's "mississippi":

"Some people will offer you their hand and some won't Last night I knew you, tonight I don't I need something strong to distract my mind I'm going to look at you until my eyes go blind."