At home, sick, bored

Me and my cold and my sore back stayed at home. Not much to do apart from sleeping, reading and feeling sorry for myself.

"You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades, there are people who seem to go through most of their lives seeing the funny side, but in the end, life always breaks your heart. Doesn't matter how brave you are, or how reserved, or how much you've developed a sense of humour, you still end up with your heart broken. That's when you stop laughing. After that, there's just the cold, the silence and the loneliness. You might say, after that, there's only death"

Atomized, Michel Houellebecq