When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everyone. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much.

“I chose cultural anthropology, since it offered the greatest opportunity to wri…”

“I still catch myself feeling blue about things that don't matter anymore.”

“I've been living alone for so long, everything about me’s private. I’m surprise…”

“I'll tell you what the human soul is, Mary,' he whispered, his eyes closed. 'An…”