At once one of the best stories about searching for something that was there all along as well as a touching story about manic depression. I think the quotes sum it up better than I can..

"A man must live by his lights and do what he can do and do it as best he can. In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man."