"Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding."

Ethics, Blame, Responsibility, Humanity, Selfishness

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"Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding."

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"And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies."

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"He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder."

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"It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again."

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"And yeah, I know most people would think it weird that two guy friends touch as much as we do, but when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too. This is how we work. I hope you get to choose your family and I hope it means as much to you as mine does to me."

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