One should never underestimate the power of books. The Brooklyn Follies

Roll with the punches. Keep your chin up. Don't take any wooden nickels. Ride your bike in the park. Take your vitamins. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Watch lots of movie. Don't work too hard at your job. Take a trip to Paris. Brush your teeth after every meal. Don't cross the street on a red light. Defend the little guy. Stick up for yourself. REmember how beautiful you are. Remember how much I love you. Drink one Scotch on the rock every day. Breathe deeply. Keep your eyes open. Stay away from fatty foods. Sleep the sleep of the just. Remember how much I love you. The Brooklyn Follies

Sex among aging people can have its embarrassments and comical longueurs, but there is also a tenderness to it that often eludes the young. Your breasts might sag, your cock might droop, but your skin is still your skin, and when someone you care about reaches out and touches you, or holds you in her arms, or kisses you on the mouth, you can still melt in the same way you did when you thought you would live forever. The Brooklyn Follies

That's what happens when you think the other person is better than you are. You stop thinking for yourself, and pretty soon you don't own your own life anymore. The Brooklyn Follies

When you think about it from a native plant perspective, Johnny Appleseed was a fucking biological terrorist. Lullaby

Maybe this is a love story, maybe not. It depends on how much I can believe myself. Lullaby