Too many things to pull out and comment upon, so I'll leave it at:
This entry is perfectly exemplary of why I added you once you were quoted on somebodies. I went to read the meat of the words that had been posted, and was taken into another person's mind, directly, with no loss of my own density.
Okay, maybe I won't leave it at that. I was particularly taken with the following snippets, though I prefer the whole: "I want to do the right thing, I want to help, but how much do I really do? Not enough. Not nearly enough. It's not enough to check the box marked "I would be kind". I must learn to more often actually be kind." "It's not that the words were magic. It's that people tried. I must take a lesson there about trying harder myself." "I always like the sense that there's a broad universe out there, and there are so many connections to be made with people for that good, old-fashioned friendship experience. It's like owning one's own small press."
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Date: 2004-03-23 11:17 pm (UTC)This entry is perfectly exemplary of why I added you once you were quoted on
Okay, maybe I won't leave it at that. I was particularly taken with the following snippets, though I prefer the whole:
"I want to do the right thing, I want to help, but how much do I really do? Not enough. Not nearly enough. It's not enough to check the box marked "I would be kind". I must learn to more often actually be kind."
"It's not that the words were magic. It's that people tried. I must take a lesson there about trying harder myself."
"I always like the sense that there's a broad universe out there, and there are so many connections to be made with people for that good, old-fashioned friendship experience. It's like owning one's own small press."