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And in the next life, father, I'M gonna have the PADDLE.
Jim
You gotta have presence on the court. Presence like a cheetah rather than a chimp. Sure, they both got it, but Chimpy gotta jump his nuts around to get it. The shy cheetah moves with total nonchalance, stickin' it to them in his sexy, slow strut. Me? I play like a cheetah.
Jim
Gee whiz, ma, we oughtta have these heart to heart talks more often, they're good for us.
Jim
I felt dazed, like I just came out of a 4 hour movie I didn't understand.
Jim Carroll
I was just gonna sniff a bag but one guy says if you're gonna sniff you might as well pop it and another guys says if you gonna pop it you might as well mainline.
Jim
Just my own naked self and the stars breathing down, it's beautiful.
Jim
All I've been doing is reading this diary wondering how the hell I'm still alive?
Jim
I just wanna be pure, I just wanna be pure.
Jim Carroll
You're growing up. And rain sort of remains on the branches of a tree that will someday rule the Earth. And it's good that there is rain. It clears the month of your sorry rainbow expressions, and it clears the streets of the silent armies... so we can dance.
Jim Carroll
I'll tell you what, if our school was this nice I would go there more than once a week.
Mickey
Time sure flies when you're young and jerking off.
Jim Carroll
Who's the whore now?
Diane Moody