Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.

Death, when it's right there it doesn't seem too huge and terrible to let into your mind.

I can only strive for what is important

Anything that makes it easier to understand, makes it a little easier to bear.

I've grieved enough for his life cut short and for mine for running on for so long with so little in it. It's weakness now, but I suppose I am crying out of a general sense of loss. Maybe I am mourning for the human condition.

Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.