The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibilty of lying about it
Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being married forever to somebody nobody knows or cares about.
We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one.
History! Read it and weep!
If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance.
The little girls were wearing black party dresses and black party shoes, so strangers would know at once how nice they were.