"One thing in my defense, not that it matters: I know something Carter never knew, or Helene, or maybe you. I know what "nothing" means, and keep on … - Joan Didion

"I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing."

I know something about dread myself, and appreciate the elaborate systems with which some people fill the void, appreciate all the opiates of the people, whether they are as accessible as alcohol and heroin and promiscuity or as hard to come by as faith in God or History.

A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough / without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Let me just be in the ground.
Let me just be in the ground and go to sleep.