“Even though it is right to see such inaccuracies as instances of loss or corruption, we might also welcome them for their unmanaged expression. In other words, as well as being bad, there was something good and, indeed, hopeful about the event, for, if nothing else, it proves that whatever we touch is altered; that no matter how weak, unimportant, poor, restricted or unfree our lives might appear to be, it is impossible for us to pass through the earth without leaving a mark.”

