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"do not think that I am ungrateful that I ask you most urgently to remember how long I have been devoting myself to the observance of the strictest of regimes: medical observation: and to remember that life is not an inexhaustible store of Efforts to no deeper purpose than that of ameliorating the immediate circumstance"
Starting to realize her change in tone was actually a cry for help

"It is said that "being" is the most universal and the emptiest concept. As such it resists every attempt at definition."

"I collected this at dinner last night with Alix and Carrington, where there was also a most singular speckly eyed young man -Aldous Huxley- who owing to Ka, has got put into a government office. I warned him of what might happen to his soul; however, he spends his time translating French poetry."

Aldous Huxley!!! is the impossible cameo you would've never expected to stumble upon
Wondering if he's gonna reappear?

Tell me I'm not the only one having a hard time reading this

Just saying mentally I feel almost too fragile for the final chapter

"Dearest: I am always grateful for all the loyalties you gave me, and I am always loyal to the concepts that held us to-gether so long: the belief that life is tragic, that a mans spiritual reward is the keeping of his faith: that we shouldnt hurt each other. And I love you , Nothing could have survived our life."

Okay! WHAT A TIME to be reading this unveiling piece

You didn't send me the recipes-but never mind-perhaps you will one day-

And its sad to recapitulate the eternal hope on which life is hung, to flaunt in the breeze of its happy security, or to wilt in the soft hot wind of human dreams.

"Logic is language about language, not language about things or events." Later, Hayakawa manages to untangle this cliffhanger so smooth and tangible that it is almost unbelievable! My God!

Affliction is a marvel of divine technique. It is a simple and ingenious device which introduces into the soul of a finite creature the immensity of force, blind, brutal, and cold.

I want you to be happy—if there were justice you would be happy—maybe you will be anyway.

And my greatest desire is to lose not only all will but all personal being.

And, crucially, the stagnation and decay are often a direct consequence of previous development. The decadent society is, by definition, a victim of its own significant success.

brute reality of pain

Sometimes I feel like a titan and sometimes like a three-months abortion—But always I love you in spite of the fact that you are infinitely superior to me and I forgive you your many superlative merits—

I write only to satisfy a very old desire, and not to trouble you to reply.
Believe me
Yours sincerely

I’m afraid it’s not what you hoped for from me and perhaps that’s why I haven’t written

I am your son
I do not shine

I don't know whether this will reach you - in any case, it's only a line, to catch the post.