Notes from the Asylum

19 Feb 2005 / Hostile Witness
Abandoned psychiatric ward at Ellis Island

Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be blest.

— Alexander Pope, Essay on Man. Epistle i. Line 95

Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy.

— Blaise Pascal, Thoughts, chap. v. 2

My wife is schizophrenic. She’s mostly functional, but she’s crazy.

I always feel like someday things are going to get better, even though they never do.

Does that make me an optimist?


Comments on Notes from the Asylum »

  1. Rachel

    28 Nov 2008 @ 9:43 pm


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    It’s hard dealing with loved ones that suffer from mental illnesses. But she needs you. You are an optimist. And I am sure you are a strong person as well. I hope things get better for the both of you.

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