Me Too?

"June 30: Renée bakes a prune pie. An experiment. I read Burton on 'Heroical Love.' The days sail by with alarming speed; why this headlong descent into oblivion? What's the rush? Sinking comfortably into the sloth and decay of my middle middle age, I am brought up short nevertheless, now and then, by the alarming realization that all men, so far, have proved mortal. Me too?"