That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

We tire differently if we love or love not.

One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce events in pairs and lean them against each other like cards. I suppose if you a playing go or shogi, then such a thing might be helpful, but that is not life.

I'm clearer now in what I want to say, and I know better how to say just that.

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.

Much of my work has been done in first person.