Mr.Silenus,
1.I earnestly believe that only men’s faces and the outward aspect of things change, while the same things reoccur again and again. Thus we are witnessing events that happened earlier. But the alteration in names and outward aspects is such that only the most learned are able to recognise them. That is why history is a useful and profitable discipline, because it shows you and allows you to recognise what you’ve never seen or experienced.
-Guicciardini
Senor Raul is the resident historian here and among all his anecdotes what I have found to be the common thread is human suffering and misery.
2.“The gods don’t care about mortal things”-Machiavelli.
3.Rota Fortunae( random spinning of the wheel of fortune)
4.This idea of Rota Fortunae is of great importance to me. What I mean to say is that I am suffering,just as the men who lived in the Buddhas age must have suffered.As Cioran must have suffered.
Ofcourse, I dont look anything like Cioran,but that is not a substantial difference, I carry the same cross with which he was burdened.
5.You are a gifted writer and I hope some day you are recognised as such. But there is more, unlike most gifted writers you are a truthful writer and you do not allow optimism to fool you.
6.I get wheat flour, its the cheapest staple food, I knead the dough, then I make flat breads. I eat the bread with red pepper and salt.
7.After my tuberculosis treatment, my mother feed me a lot of food, and I was beginning to gain weight but now I am back to where I started.
I dont like to be rotund.A true pessimist must be lean.
Please take care.
For Mr.Silenus: