Hubert Selby Jr.

There is nothing worse than a cultural barbarian with pretensions.

Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.

A little sleep and then a little wakefulness. Then a slipping to some soothing place in between.

They dont know the terrors that go through your mind as you lie there in the pit waiting for a hint of light to tell you that the night is over.

And their love life got better with time. Familiarity bred excitement. They loved discovering those little things, the touch, that made the other respond with a quiver or a sigh, and, in turn, having the discovery made.

There was a sense of security in old, familiar feelings in spite of their discomfort.

Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.

He flowed deeper and deeper into himself, wrapped in the comforting strength of hate.