Something Happened

"Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur."

"...if you asked any one of them if he would choose to spend the rest of his life working for the company, he would give you a resounding No!, regardless of what inducements were offered. I was that high once. If you asked me that same question today, I would also give you a resounding No! and add: "I think Id rather die now." But I am making no plans to leave. I have the feeling now that there is no place left for me to go."

"Sundays are deadly. Spare time is ruinous."

"Sometimes when Im asleep, I try to wake up and cant. Sleep has me in its grip, and that is my dream."

"I dont know what else one can do with a hole in one except talk about it."

"Its a real problem to decide whether its more boring to do something boring than to pass along everything boring that comes in to somebody else and then have nothing to do at all."

"Everything passes. (Thats what makes it endurable.)"

"Because Andy Kagle is good to me and doesnt scare me any longer, I despise him a little bit too."

"I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly."

"I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long."

"Yesterday, I helped a blind man across the street and was surprised that I did not feel revolted when I took his arm."

"I want my little boy back too. I dont want to lose him. I do."