“but, after having been “successfully” analyzed, and after having lived in moderate happiness with moderate success with an average wife and family for seven years, I found suddenly, around my thirty-second birthday, that I wanted to kill myself. And to kill several other people too”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
“Then at about ten-thirty, I asked to be dropped back at Africa Hall.
“Why so early?” asked Asare.
“I have a group discussion,” I lied. I wanted to get back before the porters locked the hall at midnight. But it wasn’t just that. Leaving early was one way of making sure my driver was not too drunk.”
― Aluta
“Why so early?” asked Asare.
“I have a group discussion,” I lied. I wanted to get back before the porters locked the hall at midnight. But it wasn’t just that. Leaving early was one way of making sure my driver was not too drunk.”
― Aluta
“Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen. At best we wander from one much-worn sandbar to the next, soon familiar with each grain of sand we see”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
“As I sat at my desk, all articles I had ever published seemed absolutely as good as other men’s articles: blah.”
― The Dice Man
― The Dice Man
“You go on and on about laboring with the common man. And at the very first instance of real work, you go and find cushy jobs doing nothing”
― Aluta
― Aluta
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