And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it. John Holmes More Quotes by John Holmes More Quotes From John Holmes A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. John Holmes race dog silly The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown. John Holmes nervous trouble success I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there. John Holmes car broken rain To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up. John Holmes bottom beats personality The Army was good for me. I can't honestly say that it taught me any morals or sense of responsibility. I had been raised with those qualities. What it taught me was that there was a whole world of sex I had yet to discover. John Holmes It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. John Holmes well others universe remember Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. John Holmes wounds love war peace To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. John Holmes feel poetry reading beautiful Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. John Holmes boy own transformation society