It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course.

I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.

I lived like a man who wanted to die but who had no courage to do it himself.

But all morality is of necessity shaped by context. I'm not talking relativism, no. To ignore the context of a decision is in fact immoral.

DO I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY GOOD? Yes, I do believe that, and I trust Buddhists and Hindus and Moslems to seek the good and to want to live in peace.

Hell's Bells ringing, my secret music.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.