﹠ ʰᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵍᶦᶜ ᶦˢ ᵘᶰʷʳᶦᵗᵗᵉᶰ ⋅

—— ... you learn, finally, that you'll die, & so you try to hang on to your own life, that gentle, naive kid you used to be, but then after awhile the sentiment takes over & the sadness, because you...