In the grip of a neurological disorder I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards or holiday...
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history and like most of those who study history he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.