Poor Fred

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, for instance, agonized over the sacrifices required of him. He exclaimed that all the things he needed as a philosopher — freedom from wife, child, profession, fatherland and creed — were deprivations to a living human being.

Thanks to Maud Newton for the link to the mundane feature in the LA Times regarding how hard it is to live with some geniuses.  Or is that genii?  Whatever.  When I read it I was reminded of helium...