To Say "no" Is Painful,

The Happiness Of One Does Not Mean The Unhappiness Of The Others.

Because It Seemed Too Simple To Accept That Life Was An Act Of Faith.

In A Few More Days I'd Anticipated Telling Veronika That Our Injections Had Cured Her Heart Condition. But In Light Of Her Unscheduled Departure Form Villette My Telling That Particular Lie Will Not Be Required. The Majority Of People Who Attempt Suicide Repeat That Attempt Until They Succeed. I Took A Risk In Lying To Her About Her Condition, I Decided To Test The Only Remedy I Have Come To Have Any Faith In: Awareness Of Life. Until She Finds Out From Some Other Doctor That She Is Perfectly Healthy. She'll Consider Each Day A Miracle. Which In My View It Is.

No One Can Posses An Afternoon Of Rain Beating Against The Window, Or The Serenity Of A Sleeping Child, Or The Magical Moment When The Waves Break On The Rocks. No One Can Posses The Beautiful Things Of This Earth, But We Can Know Them And Love Them. It Is Through Such Moments That God Reveals Himself To Mankind.

Writers Are Lampposts And Critics Are Dogs. Ask Lampposts What They Think About Dogs. Does The Dog Hurt The Lamppost?