In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

I've always enjoyed poor health.

I've always enjoyed poor health.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

I have been the victim of heartless malice.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it...

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it...

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed...

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed...

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without...

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without...

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.

My dreams are all follies.

My dreams are all follies.

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge...

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge...

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that...

One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that...

I will know him by his eyes.

I will know him by his eyes.

At 8, I made a pact with God.

At 8, I made a pact with God.