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by fisherjeff 657 days ago
“And so I listen. I feign dispassion but I'm not fooling anybody. Somehow they can tell that I care and thank me even as they admit that it isn't my fault, that it isn't my responsibility to listen. I've stood inside another's dream for an hour as they spoke, not really to be heard but to say goodbye - to leave the ghosts behind.”

A nice reminder that, in literally every possible situation, even just a little bit of kindness and humanity can go a long way.