“In other words, let’s face it: life is basically unfair. But, even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness.”

“In other words, let’s face it: life is basically unfair. But, even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/09/the-running-novelist

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The only Homeric hero who achieves a happy ending (Odysseus) is “two heads shorter” than the other great warriors, has the smallest army of anyone, and comes from “rocky Ithaka.”

I read Homer as suggesting that this partly explains his extraordinary talents: storytelling, craft, and philosophy.

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Probably why they rumored Homer himself to be blind!

When you lose one of your five senses, the others often compensate and become more powerful 😊