How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where they're going?

Denis Diderot
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This quote hit me really hard. I think we do meet by chance, and as much as we might try to ignore it, the process by which we meet is never controlled by us. While our names may bring us comfort, their names hold no significance to us. The place from which we come is so irrelevant to those who have been there before us.

The place from where we are going is just a mystery to those who have not yet been. However, there is a key phrase in this quote that resonates with me: “from the nearest place.” We may be lost in a crowd but that doesn’t mean that we can’t find ourselves in a crowd of people who feel similarly lost.

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