You have articulated your sentiments with passion
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“Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.”
And, in regards to Shawn, I submit the following quote by James D. Miles:
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."