I am sure you were sincere. Not insincere. True insincerity is hard to find. - Saul Bellow

New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it.

With one long breath, caught and held in his chest, he fought his sadness over his solitary life. Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything...

We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.