Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.
Man bursts into tears.
Alan Moore, Watchmen I sat on the bed. I looked at the Rorschach blot. I tried to pretend it looked like a spreading tree, shadows pooled underneath it, but it didn't. It looked more like a dead cat I found once, the fat, glistening grubs writhing blindly, squirming over each other, frantically tunneling away from the light. But that is avoiding the real horror.