“You must understand, owing to my loss of faith in life, I had gradually, inevitably embarked upon a small world of my creation.”

“But are we human creatures as honest, kind, trustworthy as we at times are inclined to believe?”

“You must understand, owing to my loss of faith in life, I had gradually, inevitably embarked upon a small world of my creation.”

“However, I must admit that keeping myself to myself has not always been comforting. At times, I seemed to suffer spells of depression and loneliness, longing to become healthy again; of going out and facing a world of injustices, of misery, of widespread indifference.”