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He could only consider me as the living corpse of a would-be suicide, a person dead to shame, an idiot ghost.

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I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of exi...more

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I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

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It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element is lacking which would permit me t...more

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I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought.I want money. Unless I have it....In my sleep, a natural death!

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Any man who criticizes my suicide and passes judgment on me with an expression of superiority, declaring (without offering the least help) that I shou...more

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I must go on living. And, though itmay be childish of me, I can't go on insimple compliance. From now on I muststruggle with the world. I thought that...more