“…and then you realize that every single human being who’s survived long enough to form their own opinion is an incredibly, insanely, complex individual filled with hopes, dreams, fears, loves, hates, desires, and despises just like you. And that at some point they’re going to shuffle off into whatever is or isn’t in the vast dark plane of the afterlife, leaving you behind to wait your own turn, and wonder if you’ll ever meet them again.
“That’s why we marginalize so many of them. People, I mean. It’s the only way to keep our hearts from shattering into a million pieces on a moment-to-moment basis.”
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