There isn't much to say. I haven't been at all deedy.
What concerns anyone so much as the time he has to live?
There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.
As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.
My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.
Civilized life exacts its toll.