He imagined a time when he could run out for pizza or take his car for a spin without seeing the U-Who’s crushed control room before him, a time when he no longer wondered if he was who he hoped he was. The fantasy always felt good for a minute, but it always ended with Chatterton thinking, “When things are easy a person doesn’t really learn about himself. It’s what a person does at the moment of his greatest struggle that shows him who he really is. Some people never get that moment. The U-Who is my moment. What I do now is what I am.” When he thought that, Chatterton would snap out of his
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It's funny that when you're in the moments, you want out, but when you're out of these moments you want that singular focus. Passionate people are just more interesting and accomplished.
