Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
What does love feel like?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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What most recently made you cry?
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How close have you come to death?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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It is obsessive, it is glorious, it is everything that we’re put on this Earth to feel, all at once.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 May 2025 source ↗
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Exultation, fear, quiet comfort and even hate.
It is all there is.
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My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.
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