Life and Death

Clyde Griffiths, on the way to the electric chair, saying goodbye to his mother:

"Mama, you must believe I die resigned and content.  It won't be hard.  God has heard my prayers.  He has given me strength and peace."  But to himself adding: "Had he?"

Of course he hadn't: you lived an incredibly short life of 20 years.  You should be furious; what amount of "strength and peace" could possibly make up for "not existing"?

Good for him for questioning.  And has there ever been any talk re: why Dreiser wrote"he" instead of "He"?

Fools worship gods.  I would rather worship fools.  At least they exist.