Seeing Ian's autographed copy of In Watermelon Sugar the other night motivated me to go to my parents' house and grab copies of each of Brautigan's books. In honor of Ian's Richard Brautigan brush with greatness, I offer a quote from Dreaming of Babylon, my favorite Richard Brautigan novel; the novel that I started re-reading this evening:
"... I hadn't kissed anyone in a long time. It's hard to find people to kiss when you haven't got any money in your pocket and you're as big a fuckup as I am. ...