‎"He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself."


ive experienced this before and will never forget it. i miss my trips driving alone down to detroit. the best thing about my current job is driving to adrian every tuesday. its like my pier was to me. clarity.

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