Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?
I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.
Is nothing in life ever straight and clear, the way children see it?
Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.
Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.
Try to capture what you can't bear to be without