we had such tremendous fun and much agony together for some years

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky; if not, green grass.

The streets were full of insane & dull people. Most of them lived in nice houses and didn't seem to work, and you wondered how they did it.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

I was an Agnostic. Agnostics didn't have much to argue about.

When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity.