“THIS BIRTH THING. AND THIS DEATH THING. EACH ONE HAD HIS TURN. WE ENTERED ALONE AND WE LEFT ALONE. AND MOST OF US LIVE LONELY AND FRIGHTENED AND INCOMPLETE LIVES. AN INCOMPARABLE SADNESS DESCENDED UPON ME. SEEING ALL THAT LIFE THAT MUST DIE. SEEING ALL THAT LIFE THAT WOULD FIRST TURN TO HATE, TO DEMENTIA, TO NEUROSIS, TO STUPIDITY, TO FEAR, TO MURDER, TO NOTHING – NOTHING IN LIFE AND NOTHING IN DEATH."
Charles Bukowski.
