“Come here instantly. Come here at once and make your submission, or I will in a week tear you from the midst of your village and hang you.”

“Here come your pride and joyThe comic little drunk you call your boy,Making everybody smile<BR”

“I find you
in these tears, few,
useless and here at last.
Don't come back.”

“Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.”

“Well here's to your good looks baby, now here's to my health.
Here's to the loaded places that we take ourselves.
When it comes to luck, you make your own.
Tonight I got dirt on my hands but I'm building me a new home.”

“No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.”

“Stella, I never knew you but here I am, in your room, a week after your death. … I thought of you, Stella, and wondered if you watched your moments, or if they all snuck by. I whispered your name into the day, carried on for you in reverence, and I felt you rest and continue the smile.”

“The salt said, look by the sea,
Your tears are not enough praise,
You will find no comfort here,
In the kingdom of bang and blab.”

“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it.”

“Here is some advice. If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches ….”