“I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.
That way I wouldn't have to have any god damn stupid useless conversations with anybody.
If anybody wanted to tell me something, they'd have to write it on a piece of paper and shove it over to me.
They'd get bored as hell doing that after a while, and then I'd be through with having conversations for the rest of my life.
Everybody'd think I was just a poor deaf-mute b*****d and they'd leave me alone . . .
I'd cook all my own food, and later on, if I wanted to get married or something, I'd meet this beautiful girl that was also a deaf-mute and we'd get married.
She'd come and live in my cabin with me, and if she wanted to say anything to me, she'd have to write it on a piece of paper, like everybody else”
