I seem to be attracted to the quiet, brooding type. But not too brooding. Too brooding can be narcissistic. Or psychotic.
I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me.
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.