“In the time of your life,
live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for
yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when
it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and
unashamed...In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you
shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite
delight and mystery of it.” -
William Saroyan, The Time Of Your Life
“You must remember always to
give, of everything you have. You must give foolishly even. You must be
extravagant. You must give to all who come into your life. Then nothing and no
one shall have power to cheat you of anything, for if you give to a thief, he
cannot steal from you, and he himself is then no longer a thief. And the more
you give, the more you will have to give.” - William Saroyan, The Human Comedy
“This sense of being out of
time has driven thousands of people from their homes into moving-picture
theaters where new universes appear before them, with emphasis on man and his
major problem: a thing called, conveniently, love. The Sunday midnight shows do
a thriving business, and the people go back to their homes, sick with the
sickness of frustration; it is this that makes the city so interesting at
night: the people emerging from the theaters, smoking cigarettes and looking
desperate, wanting much, the precision, the glory, all the loveliness of life:
wanting what is finest and getting nothing. It is saddening to see them, but
there is mockery in the heart: one walks among them, laughing at oneself and at
them, their midnight staring.” - William Saroyan, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories
“When I was fifteen and had
quit school forever, I went to work in a vineyard near Sanger with a number of
Mexicans, one of whom was only a year or two older than myself, an earnest boy
named Felipe. One gray, dismal, cold, dreary day in January, while we were
pruning muscat vines, I said to this boy, simply in order to be talking,
"If you had your wish, Felipe, what would you want to be? A doctor, a
farmer, a singer, a painter, a matador, or what?" Felipe thought a minute,
and then he said, "Passenger." This was exciting to hear, and definitely
something to talk about at some length, which we did. He wanted to be a
passenger on anything that was going anywhere, but most of all on a ship.” - William Saroyan, The Reformer
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