Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tarin tunaninsa na yau da kullun, littafin ya fara ne a 1925, lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 20, kuma ya ƙare a mutuwarsa a 1961. An samo rubutun da aka buga a cikin teburin gado na gidansa na New York bayan mutuwar Hammarskjöld a Congo. Kamar yadda van Dusen ya rubuta: "An kashe darensa na karshe a gidan zama na Sture Linner (), shugaban tawagar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Kwango
Ka yi haƙuri. A can ya bar kwafin asalin Jamusanci na Ich und Du (Ni da Kai) wanda Martin Buber ya ba shi da shafuka goma sha biyu na fassararsa zuwa Yaren mutanen Sweden... Kusa da gadon shi ne kwafin Thomas a Kempis "The Imitation of Christ" wanda yake koyaushe a kan teburin gidansa na New York City kusa da gadonsa inda aka sami rubutun "Markings". "