The Joys of Simple Living

How many people must you meet and how many roads must you travel before you understand the human heart? How much of life's variety must you witness before you fear nothing? How much self-restraint does it take not to strangle them all? Sigh, I can only blame poverty and the need to stay alive. Even if I hate them, I can't sacrifice my own life. Their lives aren't worth as much as mine. So I should walk less and lie down more.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.