What astonishes me? Destroys me? The ideals have been trampled underfoot! Communism has been anathematized! Everything was smashed to smithereens! I’m nothing but a doddering old fool. A bloodthirsty maniac, a serial killer…Is that how it is? I’ve been alive too long, it’s no good living this long. You shouldn’t…no, really, you shouldn’t…It’s dangerous living too long. My time was up before my life could end. You have to die along with your era.
