Sublime

or hormones, but accept those 3 A.M. bouts of despair as unsentimental insights into the truth about our lives.

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If all great things are done by a series of small things put together, then great lives are created by a series of small moments put together, most of which we miss out on because we’re writing the synopsis rather than the paragraphs of the chapters.

Of being a mortal creature who was essentially alone but needed the myth of togetherness with others. Friends, children, lovers. It was an attractive myth. It was a myth you could easily inhabit.

Think of Rilke, who famously said, “If my devils are to leave me, I’m afraid my angels will take flight, as well.”

My every move revolved around “purpose.” I thought that if I could figure out what I was here to do, everything would feel better