[backdated to yesterday]

[deathofdelilah]

The key to happiness is simply this:

Life is short.

You will die.

No one owes you anything in this world.

And there is no key to happiness.

And most of you will die miserable and alone.

There. Now you have all been informed.

Comments

[a_parting_word]

Goodness, man, children might hear you.

[deathofdelilah]

Let them; it will make things easier for them to deal with as they grow older.

[a_parting_word]

...you're only doing this for sport.

[deathofdelilah]

I'm doing it to counteract the wave of sentimentality this curse has brought us.

Besides, children would be all the better for knowing it. I've known the world's true nature since I was but nine. [And look how well he turned out!]

[a_parting_word]

You're doing it out of spite.

[deathofdelilah]

Does it make the words any less true?

[a_parting_word]

I haven't died yet, to say how it ends.

[deathofdelilah]

Neither have I, and yet I don't doubt it will happen.