There are three great fortunes that have landed in my lap that account for the fact that I have never taken another person’s life: First: by sheer dumb luck, my life has been almost completely devoid of despair. I have always been able to imagine my future, and consequently I care about my life. (And because I do, I care about others’ lives as well.) Second, I cannot identify any defining trauma in my upbringing or in my life to date that would lead me to such a place of rage. Struggle and suffering, yes. But the golpe of huge, damaging trauma? Never. Third, I have never been plagued by mental
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