“But favoring it gives beauty value—and therein lies the folly. Why is something valuable simply because it appeals to our senses? What good does that really do, in the grand scheme of things? My home may not have shimmering halls or sculpted gardens, but it allowed me to carve out a life between two drastically different worlds. And yet when you look at it, all you see are its quirks and oddities, and whether you realize it or not, you condemn it for them.
