Thought you might like this mate, I'll seek out some of his stuff.
"Son, never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl." The Wrong Case (1975)
great passage thanks.... i agree with mr. crumly on that. and would like to add never trust a man that claimed straight edge his whole life, only to start drinking in his 30's and then tells romantic tales about drinking. boots don't break in a day.
He drank another beer as he drove along. Two and a half six-packs to Lee's Ferry. Out there in the open Southwest, he and his friends measured highway distances in per-capita six-packs of beer. L.A. to phoenix, four six-packs; Tucson to Flagstaff, three six-packs; Phoenix to New York, thirty- five six-packs. (Time is relative, said Heraclitus a long time ago, and distance a function of velocity. Since the ultimate goal of transport technology is the annihilation of space, the compression of all Being into one pure point, it follows that six-packs help. Speed is the ultimate drug and rockets run on alcohol.)"
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Thought you might like this mate, I'll seek out some of his stuff.
"Son, never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl."
The Wrong Case (1975)
great passage
thanks....
i agree with mr. crumly on that. and would like to add never trust a man that claimed straight edge his whole life, only to start drinking in his 30's and then tells romantic tales about drinking.
boots don't break in a day.
He drank another beer as he drove along. Two and a half six-packs to Lee's Ferry. Out there in the open Southwest, he and his friends measured highway distances in per-capita six-packs of beer. L.A. to phoenix, four six-packs; Tucson to Flagstaff, three six-packs; Phoenix to New York, thirty- five six-packs. (Time is relative, said Heraclitus a long time ago, and distance a function of velocity. Since the ultimate goal of transport technology is the annihilation of space, the compression of all Being into one pure point, it follows that six-packs help. Speed is the ultimate drug and rockets run on alcohol.)"
Edward Abbey-Monkey Wrench Gang
Ha, and ain't there some of that shit going around, cheers Max and thanks Scott, wonderful stuff, Zen is where you find it Pirsig once opined.
This author seems great. I think he will be helping me through the midwest winter this year. Thanks Max.
One of my faves...
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