blessings

*one of the characters asked a death stewardess if he would go to heaven, and she told him that of course he would. he asked if he would see god, and she said, 'certainly, honey.' and he said, 'i sure hope so. i want to ask him something i never find out down here.' 'what's that?' she said, strapping him in. 'what in hell are people for?'

*the therapist, after a deeply upsetting investigation of normality at this time and place, was bound to conclude that a normal person, functioning well on the upper levels of a prosperous, industrialized society, can hardly hear his conscience at all.
-to be continued-hopefully-