—emmittthenervend
“Dr. Seuss’s first wife, Helen Palmer, left him note to self Which is absolutely heartbreaking after taking an overdose of barbiturates: ‘Dear Ted, what has happened to us? I don’t know. I feel myself in a spiral, going downwards into a black hole from which there is no escape, no glow. And from all sides it is loud in my ears, ‘Failure, failure, failure…’ I love you so much… I have become so old and so caught up in everything you do that I can’t even imagine life without you… My leaving will create a lot of rumors, but you can say I was overworked and too stressed. Your reputation among your friends and admirers will do no harm…Sometimes, think about the fun we had over the years…’ Just eight months after he committed suicide, he married his mistress.’
—thegreatgaspy