Status Updates From خاطرات، جلد دوم: سن کمال

“by describing death, not only as a common link between the individual and mankind, but also as the major peril of loneliness and separation. Thus each book thenceforth impelled me towards its successor, for the more I saw of the world, the more I realized that it was brimming over with all I could ever hope to experience, understand, and put into words.”

“fear never stopped my taking any particular course…I did not even fear the prospect of death…it was bound to arise in my life at a certain moment. It would be the final point of life for me, true, but still a part of life; on the occasions when I believed myself face to face with it, I surrendered myself calmly to this lively adventure, never giving thought to the void that yawned for me on the farther side.