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> [“Writing is a lonely are at times, we spend so much of our time locked in a room and never know if we are reaching anyone...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/writing-is-a-lonely-are-at-times-we-spend-so-much-of-our-time-locked/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

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## More by Hubert Selby Jr

> [“Time has to pass. But sometimes its so goddamn long. Sometimes it just seems to drag and drag and weigh a ton. And hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/time-has-to-pass-but-sometimes-its-so-goddamn-long-sometimes-it-just/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world...Not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/they-luxuriated-in-the-feeling-of-deep-and-all-pervading-satisfaction/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“It's always the same--you get used to one thing, then it changes. Get used to another, and that changes. Over and over. Always the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/it-s-always-the-same-you-get-used-to-one-thing-then-it-changes-get/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“That's why you can't be worried about the world. They'll just do you in anyway. You can't depend on them because sooner or later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/that-s-why-you-can-t-be-worried-about-the-world-they-ll-just-do-you/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy moisture moistened bodies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/the-summer-sun-continued-to-rise-in-the-sky-and-propel-shocks-of-heat/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“I do believe that LAST EXIT is a microcosm and that everything in the world exists within each of us which is what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-do-believe-that-last-exit-is-a-microcosm-and-that-everything-in-the/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“This book is dedicated, with love, to Bobby, who has found the only pound of pure- Faith in a Loving God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/this-book-is-dedicated-with-love-to-bobby-who-has-found-the-only/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“i think thats one of the problems with the world today, nobody knows who they are. everyone is running around looking for an identity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-think-thats-one-of-the-problems-with-the-world-today-nobody-knows/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“Why did you start to write? I left at 15.. I started to write becase I was taken off a ship from Germany when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/why-did-you-start-to-write-i-left-at-15-i-started-to-write-becase-i/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“I need more than the streets. I don’t want to be a floating crap game all my life. I want to be something .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-need-more-than-the-streets-i-don-t-want-to-be-a-floating-crap-game/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“In the winter everyones hate was bare if you looked. She saw hate in the icicles that hung from her window; she saw it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/in-the-winter-everyones-hate-was-bare-if-you-looked-she-saw-hate-in/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“It/ll be better tomorrow...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/it-ll-be-better-tomorrow/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“...and yet there was not a definable thought in his mind. Only a terrifying effort to get from one side of a match box…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/and-yet-there-was-not-a-definable-thought-in-his-mind-only-a/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“A guy needs something to give his life a reason or what's the point of living?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/a-guy-needs-something-to-give-his-life-a-reason-or-what-s-the-point/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

> [“I guess we're kindred souls and that's why we can feel so close to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-selby-jr-2/i-guess-we-re-kindred-souls-and-that-s-why-we-can-feel-so-close-to/)

[Hubert Selby Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-selby-jr-2/)

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