I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time's chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred.

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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...

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that...

In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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,...

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....

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly...

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly...

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

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

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...

I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this...

I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this...

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 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,...

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.