> My fish are dead. Everyone's fish are dead, but they keep going by pretending that they're still alive. The trick is to learn that the pretense isn't crucia

> My fish are dead. Everyone's fish are dead, but they keep going by pretending that they're still alive. The trick is to learn that the pretense isn't crucial to the fabrication of positive feelings. You can fabricate them out of nothing but memories of playing with your plastic horse as a child, if that's all you've got.