I guess I'm the Black Death,' he said slowly. 'I don't seem to bring people happiness any more. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

I can’t exactly describe how I feel but it’s not quite right. And it leaves me cold.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

To Anthony life was a struggle against death, that waited at every corner. It was as a concession to his hypochondriacal imagination that he formed the habit of reading in bed — it soothed him. He read until he was tired and often fell asleep with the lights still on.