14 quotes
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?
Without Feathers (1975)
As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree"— probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Without Feathers (1975)
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
Without Feathers (1975)
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Without Feathers (1975)
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Without Feathers (1975)
What a wonderful thing, to be conscious! I wonder what the people in New Jersey do.
Without Feathers (1975)
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Without Feathers (1975)
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
Without Feathers (1975)
He had been mistaken several times for Robert Redford, but on each occasion it was by a blind person.
Without Feathers (1975)
The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife — a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Without Feathers (1975)
Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Without Feathers (1975)
Viscous and Sons had announced publication of The Annotated Poems of Sean O'Shawn, the great Irish poet, considered by many to be the most incomprehensible and hence the finest poet of his time. Abounding in highly personal references, an understanding of O'Shawn's work requires an intimate knowledge of his life, which, according to scholars, not even he had.
Without Feathers (1975)
He was on his way to see Harriet about the alimony payments. He still loved Harriet, even though while they were married she had systematically attempted to commit adultery with all the R's in the Manhattan telephone directory.
Without Feathers (1975)
Today I saw a red-and-yellow sunset and thought, "How insignificant I am!" Of course, I thought that yesterday, too, and it rained. I was overcome with self-loathing and contemplated suicide again - this time by inhaling next to an insurance salesman.
Without Feathers (1975)