Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the other person endure or the one who endured? - Jeff VanderMeer

It closely resembles the situation that exists within a mental institution: in tight quarters, in similar garb, dissimilar minds attempt to build a consensus reality that, with a monumental effort of empathy, cannot—can never!—take concrete form.

But the fact is I don’t care. I haven’t cared since I came here, and I will continue not to care until I leave. With as much of Ambergris smoldering behind me as I can manage.

I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.