Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
“The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.”
“If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.”