[ It hurts his heart to read that. There's a million things Harold wants to say here, and he has to pick one. ]
It's not something you can lose, and it's not something that can be taken away from you. But honestly, sometimes it is too painful to live with, so we bury it.
As the Machine liked to remind me, you have to go through all the layers of sorrow, disease, violence and grief before you can get to the hope at the bottom of the box. If you aren't ready to face all of that all the time, I think that's quite understandable. It doesn't excuse anything, it doesn't mean we should be let off the hook for our mistakes, but having a hard time facing your humanity is in some ways the most human thing of all.
[ He thinks keenly and fiercely of John as he types that. ]
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It's not something you can lose, and it's not something that can be taken away from you. But honestly, sometimes it is too painful to live with, so we bury it.
As the Machine liked to remind me, you have to go through all the layers of sorrow, disease, violence and grief before you can get to the hope at the bottom of the box. If you aren't ready to face all of that all the time, I think that's quite understandable. It doesn't excuse anything, it doesn't mean we should be let off the hook for our mistakes, but having a hard time facing your humanity is in some ways the most human thing of all.
[ He thinks keenly and fiercely of John as he types that. ]