The humorous story is told gravely; the teller does his best to conceal the fact that he even dimly suspects that there is anything funny about it. How to Tell s Story
“Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.” 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos
However, nothing turned out as Tchitchikoff had intended. Dead Souls
It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable. The Trial
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