Donna Of Tartt. The secret history (№ 256489)

The quiet, persistent voice in our head - why is he so bad for us? <...> Maybe it reminds us that we are alive, that we are mortal, each of us is endowed with a unique soul, to part with which we are so afraid of, although it makes us feel more miserable than all other creatures? Besides, that is not pain, sharpens our sense of self? Terrible, when the child suddenly realizes that he is separate from all of the world creature that no one and nothing suffers when it burned my tongue or skinned knee that the pain belongs to him alone. Even worse, when you age you begin to realize that no one, even the closest and beloved man will never be able to understand you properly.