I'm writing this book because we're all going to die - In the loneliness of my life, my father dead, my brother dead, my mother far away, my sister and my wife far away, nothing here but my own tragic hands that once were guarded by a world, a sweet attention, that now are left to guide and disappear their own way into the common dark of all our death, sleeping in me raw bed, alone and stupid...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author writes to cope with loneliness and the inevitability of death.
- In plain terms
- He writes because everyone dies and he feels very alone.
- What can you take from it?
- Writing can serve as a way to face isolation and mortality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does writing help us overcome loneliness?
- How do you face the fact of death?
Another view
Writing does not always cure deep loneliness.
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