Opinion 134: Escape!

I'm in the mood to throw away these weary books and, abandoning class, read nothing but Homer and Tolkien.

Opinion 133: Again!

Lulled into a stagnant and servile stupidity!

Opinion 132

Reading Marx is fun until you realize he's an economist.

Opinion 131

One wonders if not having any enemies is the sign of an extremely mishandled life.

Opinion 130: drink

He had, furthermore, gone some eight days without whiskey. Each moment brought a different shade of heartache, a different sense of betrayal.

Opinion 129: on his difficulties

Ah, how he pined for a cigarette. It wasn't nearly so bad when he was with reputable company, but when he was among thieves and wretches, or when he was by himself (the most disreputable of all companions, to be sure), his mind and heart felt like lonely pilgrims headed towards a dreary pit of gray. Ah, clean lungs and money in pocket...you are but slight prizes; you are small consolation for such great loss!

Opinion 128: (upon receiving a spiritual vision and the authority to teach [and hand-fire, of course])

You're pretty much going to be the same damn person you are now until the day you die. Improvements, if they come at all, will come scarcely and with little satisfaction. This is a pessimism, yes, but a healthy pessimism if it causes you to consider all the more the invincible mercy of God.