When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession

by Irvin D. Yalom

key to living well is first to will that which is necessary and then to love that which is willed.”

‘thus it was’ into ‘thus I willed

‘Offer a suffering friend a resting place,’ he said, ‘but take care it be a hard bed or field cot.’”

I’ve always dreamed of a friendship in which two people join together to attain some higher ideal.