A Man Who Has Become

Happiness And The Absurd Are Two Sons Of The Same Earth. They Are Inseparable. It Would Be A Mistake To Say That Happiness Necessarily Springs From The Absurd Discovery. It Happens As Well That The Felling Of The Absurd Springs From Happiness. "i Conclude That All Is Well," Says Oedipus, And That Remark Is Sacred. It Echoes In The Wild And Limited Universe Of Man. It Teaches That All Is Not, Has Not Been, Exhausted. It Drives Out Of This World A God Who Had Come Into It With Dissatisfaction And A Preference For Futile Suffering. It Makes Of Fate A Human Matter, Which Must Be Settled Among Men.

I Do Not Believe In God And I Am Not An Atheist.

It Is Not True That The Heart Wears Out - But The Body Creates This Illusion.

The Purpose Of A Writer Is To Keep Civilization From Destroying Itself.

Once In The Midst Of A Seemingly Endless Winter, I Discovered Within Myself An Invincible Spring.