Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Well, this seems particularly resonant at this current moment in history 😀 and I don't think that's a good thing. I'm not even going to try to write a polished essay here while I know that there are hundreds out there about this classic, ones written by scholars much more equipped to articulate "mankind's essential illness" than I am. But, having now read this in my adulthood instead of being int

I was perfectly aware that I had only added another question to all the others, but it was a new one, and, in the absurd world in which I lived, and still live, that was happiness. I could sense this book would be 5 stars from a mile away. Every time I read, I find that the book I'm currently working through eerily reflects the same problems I'm grappling with at that exact moment. And yes, admittedly, that must be because I'm seeking a solution to those problems, but Jacquel