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“Is your intelligence a result of nature or nurture?”

That’s. One. Good. Question.

‘How similar are you to your writing?’ felt more like ‘how similar are you to the man I am picturing in my head?’

“Dissonance before moments of harmony makes the harmony sound beautiful. Just as harmony and dissonance exist side by side in music, life is the same. Because harmony is preceded by dissonance, that’s why we think life is beautiful.”

“We’re all inadequate, weak and ordinary beings. But because we’re capable of being kind, for a moment – no matter how fleeting – we can be extraordinary.”

“I still have opportunities, don’t I? Opportunities to act kindly, to speak with compassion. Even a disappointing human like myself can still be, occasionally, a good person. The idea gives me strength. And for the days ahead, hope”

So grounding.