Our Civilization Survives In The Complacency Of

In A World That Has Ceased To Believe In Sin, The Artist Is Responsible For The Preaching.

There Are People Who Vindicate The World, Who Help Others Live Just By Their Presence.

...the Habit Of Despair Is Worse Than Despair Itself.

And Never Have I Felt So Deeply At One And The Same Time So Detached From Myself And So Present In The World.

Thus, I Always Began By Assuming The Worst; My Appeal Was Dismissed. That Meant, Of Course, I Was To Die. Sooner Than Others, Obviously. 'but,' I Reminded Myself, 'it's Common Knowledge That Life Isn't Worth Living, Anyhow.' And, On A Wide View, I Could See That It Makes Little Difference Whether One Dies At The Age Of Thirty Or Threescore And Ten-- Since, In Either Case, Other Men Will Continue Living, The World Will Go On As Before. Also, Whether I Died Now Or Forty Years Hence, This Business Of Dying Had To Be Got Through, Inevitably.