“I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.”

“Will you understand what I'm going to tell you? … No, you're not going to be able to understand it. … That is because I don't understand it. Nobody does.”

“What's the point of being efficient if you're only leading an efficiently blank life?”

“So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.”

“If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.”

“I don't understand why people don't have a f***ing sense of humor. Always assume that I'm being sarcastic.”

“I don't see,' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.”

“And if you decide not to read anymore, hey, no problem, because you're not the one I was waiting for anyway. But if you decide to read on, then guess what? You're my kind of time being and together we'll make magic!”

“LSD lets you in on something. When you're tripping, the idea of race disappears; the idea of sex disappears; you don't even know what species you are sometimes. And I don't know of anybody who hasn't come back from that being more humane, more thoughtful, more understanding.”

“And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me.”