Quote #73
The business of polishing my shoes satisfies my soul.
More from William Saroyan
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- The purpose of my life is to put off dying as long as possible.
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- My superficial manners stink and my profound manners are almost as bad.
- Poetry must be read to be poetry. It may be that one reader is all that I deserve. If this is so, I want that reader to be you.
- The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business.
- I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful.