Often times I'm confronted with a quote that I don't remember saying. So, on one hand it's very flattering, it is just so surreal.
The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.
Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.