Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heav… - Cesare Pavese

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

The thing most feared in secret always happens.
I write: oh Thou, have mercy. And then?
All it takes is a little courage.
The more the pain grows clear and definite, the more the instinct for life asserts itself and the thought of suicide recedes.
It seemed easy when I thought of it. Weak women have done it. It takes humility, not pride.
All this is sickening.
Not words. An act. I won't write any more.

Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?