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I happened to look up and there it was. All over and done with, at last. I sat on for a few moments with the ball in my hand and the dog yelping and p...more

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Cascando"why not merely the despaired ofoccasion ofwordshedis it not better abort than be barrenthe hours after you are gone are so leadenthey will al...more

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It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution.

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Henry: I usen't to need anyone, just to myself, stories, there was a great one about an old fellow called Bolton, I never finished it, I never finishe...more

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Ada: And why life? (Pause.) Why life, Henry? (Pause.) Is there anyone about?Henry: Not a living soul.Ada: I thought as much. (Pause.) When we longed t...more

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I can't go on, I'll go on.

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How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life.

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Be again, be again. (Pause.) All that old misery. (Pause.) Once wasn't enough for you.

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I lay down across her with my face in her breasts and my hand on her. We lay there without moving. But under us all moved, and moved us, gently, up an...more

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The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone. (Pause.) In a way. (Pause.) I love to get up ...more

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I asked her to look at me and after a few moments - (pause) - after a few moments she did, but the eyes just slits, because of the glare I bent over h...more

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You must go on.I can’t go on.I’ll go on.