Ocupation: Writer
Life: October 2, 1904 - April 3, 1991
Birthday: October 2
Death: April 3
He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.
source: 'The Heart of the Matter' (1948) bk. 1, pt. 1, ch. 1
topic: Taken, Hands, Ideas, Fake Smile