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> [“You came out kicking and screaming, reluctant as hell to leave, and you spent the rest of your life trying to get back in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/you-came-out-kicking-and-screaming-reluctant-as-hell-to-leave-and-you/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

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## More by Donald O'Donovan

> [“They needed someone to hate, a tangible focus for their remorse and disappointment, and I’d been elected, the projection of their own inner hell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/they-needed-someone-to-hate-a-tangible-focus-for-their-remorse-and/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“And when Prohibition came along, Dr. Sharpe’s Shakti Tonic took off like a rocket, mostly due to its hefty eighteen percent alcohol content.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/and-when-prohibition-came-along-dr-sharpe-s-shakti-tonic-took-off/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Meditation doesn’t lead to enlightenment because in meditation the ego is trying to destroy the ego.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/meditation-doesn-t-lead-to-enlightenment-because-in-meditation-the/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“My grandfather was a railroad brakeman, sixty years with the D&H. I'd sit on his lap when I was little, I remember, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/my-grandfather-was-a-railroad-brakeman-sixty-years-with-the-d-h-i-d/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Compassion goes out looking for suffering, scouring the earth for poverty and misery and pain, the same way the cops look for criminals.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/compassion-goes-out-looking-for-suffering-scouring-the-earth-for/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“I love LA! The freeways, the cars, the smog, the glitter, the glitz, the sleaze, the prostitutes, the poison that falls from the sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/i-love-la-the-freeways-the-cars-the-smog-the-glitter-the-glitz-the/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“The enemy never sleeps!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/the-enemy-never-sleeps/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Los Angeles, this anthill, this slag heap, the city where I suffered and grappled with life and was defeated, and where I finally triumphed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/los-angeles-this-anthill-this-slag-heap-the-city-where-i-suffered-and/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“The neon dust falls slowly, filtering through the stone canyons, settling on hats and fire hydrants, collecting on delicatessen awnings, filling the shopping carts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/the-neon-dust-falls-slowly-filtering-through-the-stone-canyons/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“I was born under that star, the dung-beetle star.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/i-was-born-under-that-star-the-dung-beetle-star/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Like the dung beetle, I had my comfortable burrow and my ball of sustenance, and like the dung beetle I was happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/like-the-dung-beetle-i-had-my-comfortable-burrow-and-my-ball-of/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Los Angeles is a mother that devours her children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/los-angeles-is-a-mother-that-devours-her-children/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Nowhere do you see a real, integrated, full-blooded man or woman who shines like a beacon in this sea of disjointedness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/nowhere-do-you-see-a-real-integrated-full-blooded-man-or-woman-who/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“Your lifelong rebellion against all forms of authority stems from the infant’s desire to murder the father and possess the mother.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/your-lifelong-rebellion-against-all-forms-of-authority-stems-from-the/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

> [“I’m back at Lafayette Park after a trip to the Bodhi Tree Bookstore, not to look at the books but to rub up against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-donovan/i-m-back-at-lafayette-park-after-a-trip-to-the-bodhi-tree-bookstore/)

[Donald O'Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-donovan/)

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