The Fellow Who Laughs Last May Laugh

The Writer Wants To Be Understood Much More Than He Wants To Be Respected Or Praised Or Even Loved. And That, Perhaps, Is What Makes Him Different From Others.

Some Things Are So Unexpected That No One Is Prepared For Them.

Happiness Comes Only When We Push Our Brains And Hearts To The Farthest Reaches Of Which We Are Capable.

O, To Be Sure, We Laugh Less And Play Less And Wear Uncomfortable Disguises Like Adults, But Beneath The Costume Is The Child We Always Are, Whose Needs Are Simple, Whose Daily Life Is Still Best Described By Fairy Tales.

Where Was It Ever Promised Us That Life On This Earth Can Ever Be Easy, Free From Conflict And Uncertainty, Devoid Of Anguish And Wonder And Pain? … The Purpose Of Life Is To Matter, To Be Productive, To Have It Make Some Difference That You Lived At All.