Reading teaches us the nuances of humanity. To find the beauty of what is moral and ethical in your own actions and discover the strange subtlety of what it is to question why you should exist.

Carew Papritz
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Reading teaches us the nuances of humanity. To find the beauty of what is moral and ethical in your own actions and discover the strange subtlety of what it is to question why you should exist. Helping people in need and helping others to discover themselves is one of the most noble things we can do.

Source: The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

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