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Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring; which is how i felt sitting with Holly on the railings of the boathouse porch.

THE GREAT TRIUMPH (OR horrible tragedy, depending on how you look at it) of being human is that our brains have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to understand our mortality. We are, sadly, self-aware creatures. Even if we move through the day finding creative ways to deny our mortality, no matter how powerful, loved, or special we may feel, we know we are ultimately doomed to death and decay.

The Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran said that suicide is the only right a person truly has. Life can become unbearable in all respects, and “this world can take everything from us . . . but no one has the power to keep us from wiping ourselves out.” Perhaps not surprisingly, Cioran, a man “obsessed with the worst,” died an insomniac and recluse in Paris.

Bakkal Yakup beni şöyle bir süzüp, işin aslını bilen insanların gıcıklığıyla güldü. “Herkes öyle sansın yine. Üçüncü kattan kaldırıma düştüğünde kafası nah böyle Diyarbakır karpuzu gibi patlamıştı ama…”

Okay, this is good.

It’s finally picking it up. I gave up on the Turkish translation and I’ve read the last two chapters on my phone in English. I really like the name January. Gus is going to be the second fictional Gus I love. Augustus Waters you’ll always be my 13 yo’s favorite, don’t you worry:)