You were naming my life, which is similar but not identical to saving.We name something to make it real, to give it meaning. You can name my life and I might still die. Those aren’t mutually exclusive.

Dying took commitment. It was easier to go on living incompetently.

If you have a personality, you’re a person.

Your credo goes further than you realized: walk on, yes, but don't walk past people who need you. Uncurl yourself so you can see them and respond.

The world is surprisingly hard to destroy, whereas saving it can be done a bit at a time.

Your life is not a tragedy. It’s history, and it’s yours.

What if opposites could be combined and transcended, paradox embraced, a whole life lived in contradictory case?

This is my road. I’m so happy you came and traveled with me.

Don’t be afraid. We’re walking away from death, not toward it. Death is going back.