One Of My Grandsons Used To Insist,

Giving A Phenomenon A Label Does Not Explain It.

I Shudder At The Very Thought Of Being Born Again Into This World. Life To Me . . . Has Been A Monstrous, Painful, Agonizing Affair, And The Idea Of Repeating Such An Existence - Even If Better In A Way - Is Horrifying To Me. . . . I Gratefully Look Forward To Oblivion, But I Must Be Sure Of It.

I Have Had Four Happy Days In My Life, And Three Of Them Turned Out To Be Illusions.

I Never Deviated From My Grim Determination To Someday Have All The Money I Needed And Wanted.

My Childhood Was Appalling.