... Then I must admit you're right. It is very close--perhaps not a perfect match, as you said, but it's still very close.

... Not really! You can be aware of how shitty life is and still be happy. Spring always follows winter, when the world thaws and one can breathe the air without the lungs being seared by drifting snow.



We try not to think on the past, but then we forget. The humans forget because their lives are so short by comparison, and we are tied to them; so we change, and even if we remember again, history will always repeat itself.