The Realm of Mortal Griefs

"I'm thinking that the people might learn that it's these accibstantial, philosophical investments that don't pay off that really matter," he says. "Maybe this guy laughing at the attempt to overcome that nihilysm among these miserable people is a laugh that, or an insiht, conveys an insight that derbase himself shares." He ends with: We wish you a merry christmas. And die with a smile on your gray corpse.