And I remember repeating to myself again and again, “Nothing matters, nothing matters any more. I see the point! Nothing matters at all.” And then it was over. During the last few hours, reality began slowly, effortlessly, to stitch itself back together. In sync with some particularly wowing choral music, I had an incredibly moving sense of triumphant reawakening, as if a new day were dawning after a long and harrowing night.
