“We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”
― The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore
Republic Tower, Dallas, Texas
Bill Chance 
Oh boy. This quote reminds me very much of the Grenfell Tower fire in London a couple of years ago. For some reason, I caught part of that live, and it felt similar to watching television on 9/11.
Watching something like that on the television is such a helpless feeling.
Absolutely!
This is one of his best quotes. Have you read his notebooks? He is writing for himself, but the it still has his best qualities. One good sentence/image/thought from TW can do things.
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