Either it falls on your head like a roof tile or it attaches itself to your insides like a tapeworm. Afterward, you no longer see the world in the same way. Youve got only one thing on your mind: the thing that has taken you over, body and soul. You want to lift it so you can see whats under it. And from that point on, you can never turn back. Besides, youre no longer giving the orders. You think youre in control, doing what you want to do, but its not true. Youre nothing but the instrument of your own frustrations. For you, life and death come down to the same thing, Somewhere, you must have renounced everything that could have given you a chance of returning to earth, to the real world. Youre an extraterrestrial. You live in a kind of limbo, stalking houris and unicorns. As for this world, you dont even want to hear about it anymore. Youre just waiting for the right moment to cross the threshold. The only way to get back what youve lost or to fix what youve screwed up -- in other words, the only way to make something of your life -- is to end it with a flourish. The way you see it, the day of your funeral procession will be the day when youre exalted in other peoples eyes.