読書の記録『Papa, You're Crazy』

Papa, You're Crazy

William Saroyan, , 2013-02-17,

Why did those fellows climb the Mountain? Because it's there.

You can stay with me until you want to go home. You can come back whenever you want to. It never has to be one way and no other way.

"If you can love," he said, "you can hate, too. Most of the time you love, of course, but it's impossible not to hate, too. Hate is a very useful emotion if a fellow understands it."

He said every man in the world lives a story every day. It's a kind of letter to God, he said. They write it every day, but not in words. Professional writers write it in words for them, but that doesn't mean the people aren't the ones who really write it.

Always remember bread and cheese. When everything else looks bad, remember bread and cheese, and you'll be all right.

Because sickness comes from being useless. Every man has got to be useful.