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: Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British statesman and member of the Conservative Party, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and twice served as Home Secretary.