purpleswift:The point being, despite our need to simplify and generalize absolutely everyone and eve
purpleswift:The point being, despite our need to simplify and generalize absolutely everyone and everything in this life, humans are intrinsically impossible to simplify. We are never just good or just bad. We are mosaics of our worst selves and our best selves, our deepest secrets and our favorite stories to tell at a dinner party, existing somewhere between our well-lit profile photo and our drivers license shot. We are all a mixture of our selfishness and generosity, loyalty and self-preservation, pragmatism and impulsiveness. We think we know someone, but the truth is that we only know the version of them they have chosen to show us. There will be no further explanation. There will be just reputation. -- source link