"I call that person the most intelligent who sees the benevolence, the ascent and the ultimate goal."

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No one grows up. That's one of the sickest lies they ever tell you. People change. People compromise. People get stranded in situations they don't want to be in… and they make the best of it. But don't try to tell me it's some kind of… glorious preordained ascent into emotional maturity. It's not.

— Greg Egan