“I was born of both stability and chaos. I have seen
nothing and everything. I am twenty-four but feel ten thousand years old. I am
emboldened by youth, unfettered and hopeful, though inextricably tied to the
past and future by my beautiful brother, who is part of both. Can you not see
that we’re extraordinary? That we were meant for something else, something
more? All this did not happen to us for naught, I can assure you—there is no
logic to that, there is logic only in assuming that we suffered for a reason.
Just give us our due. I am bursting with the hopes of a generation, their hopes
surge through me, threaten to burst my hardened heart! Can you not see this? I
am at once pitiful and monstrous, I know, and this is all my own making, I
know—not the fault of my parents but all my own creation, yes, but I am the
product of my environment, and thus representative, must be exhibited, as
inspiration and cautionary tale.”
~ Dave Eggers, A
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, 2000
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