he regarded this as a numinous moment, which comes from a Latin word which means that what had happened was virtually a mystical experience, one so special that it carried with it a special sense of illumination and enlightenment. It was a moment forever frozen in time for him, and as a grown man, whenever he was moved to anger in a moment of confrontation, he would remember those words: Jimmy, what harm did that stupid insult do? Jimmy, you are loved.
