Brautigan: Picnic in a Dream

I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.
― Richard Brautigan

Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can anything go wrong?
― Richard Brautigan

I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep.
― Richard Brautigan

I’ll affect you slowly
as if you were having a picnic in a dream.
There will be no ants.
It won’t rain.
― Richard Brautigan, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork