Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father

by Alysia Abbott

He was so mild and soft-spoken in daily life

Death simply gives meaning to life (sets the boundaries of life), and one might as well complain about birth as death because birth is where the suffering begins.

“Believe In Yourself! Love Life! NEVER GIVE UP!”

“Be brave. If you’re not, pretend to be. Nobody knows the difference.”