Malia

“But one night near the end, as I was sitting at his bedside trying to entertain him with an anecdote about some nincompoop with whom I worked, out of the blue he shared a reflection which seemed such a non sequitur that I attributed it to delirium. Whatever setbacks he has faced in his life, he said, however daunting or dispiriting the unfolding of events, he always knew that he would make it through as long as when he woke in the morning he was looking toward his first cup of coffee. Only decades later would I realize that he has been giving me a piece of advice.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility