I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off.

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God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small,...

God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small,...

I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to...

I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to...

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial...

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial...

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York....

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York....

I was always crazy about New York, dependent on it, scared of it - well,...

I was always crazy about New York, dependent on it, scared of it - well,...

If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the...

If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the...

But death's acquisitive instincts will win.

But death's acquisitive instincts will win.

Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste.

Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste.

This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.

This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.

I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and...

I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and...

It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because,...

It bothers me that I won't live to see the end of the century, because,...

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties,...

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties,...

I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and...

I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and...

Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be...

Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be...

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the...

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the...

It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental...

It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental...

Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.

Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.

Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a...

Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a...

I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and,...

I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and,...

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my...

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my...