She possesses this rare, wonderful and yet simple quality of total self-acceptance. With this foundation of complete ease and comfort within herself, she is able to fully immerse herself in the world around her, to look deeply and unselfconsciously into another person’s eyes, to love things without needing to understand them, to listen to other people talk and not worry about how to respond. She is deeply curious about everything around her, absolutely still and attentive at the same time, drinking in every detail and citing aloud her startingly insightful observations on them.
