Yes, I had dreams, a mere chance occurrence made me a dreamer; and I, a stupid, morbidly impressionable country lad, fell to dreaming, literally as I walked down the street.Protagonist
Why, for what reason had this seemingly chance meeting in the street with a little girl happened just now!Protagonist
It was as though the dream, the distraction necessary to my sanity, had come to me purposely to restore my balance.Protagonist
Why, does not that brief moment standing on this vile earth make the dream of its countless infinities worth accepting?Protagonist
I see the solution of the riddle in my dream: life can be settled with a knife!Protagonist
I am perhaps mad and this is all another mania of the mad... but leave me my dreams and visions!Protagonist
An end was put to all confusion, all suffering, all doubt; eternal, unalterable harmony reigned instead!Protagonist
And so, having satisfied myself that I was not neglected for nothing, I went home.Protagonist
But, gentlemen, whoever can pride himself on his diseases and even swagger over them?Protagonist
Perhaps I really am mad, and perhaps everything that happened all these days may be only imagination.Protagonist