The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.

I imagined a psychic pain growing inside him (myself) that demanded some physical outlet. Suicide must have been his attempt to give Pain a body, a representation, to put it outside himself. A need to convert inner torment into some outward tangible wound that all could see. It was almost as though suicide were a last-ditch effort at exorcism, in which the person sacrificed his life in order that the devil inside might die.

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.

I'm fortunate in being able to find great satisfaction in my work.

I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.

I've had an enduring appreciation of psychology.

The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.