Everything Happens

“Everything happens.
All that befalls a man, all that is done by him, all that comes from him—all this happens.
And it happens in exactly the same way as rain falls as a result of a change in the temperature in the higher regions of the atmosphere or the surrounding clouds, as snow melts under the rays [...]

Blest are the Freaks

Massimo and Mario, two of the Italians I get on well with, have suddenly been let out, given freedom or ‘libertat’, as they say here.
I wonder about them, but Joseph the Russian, whose bunk is above mine, interrupts me.
He speaks to no one in particular, though loud enough to catch my attention…
“One day they will [...]