One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Bio: Bert Greene was a cookbook author and food columnist. He was the food columnist for the New York Daily News from 1979 until his death in 1988. He was born October 16 in New York City.
