The New York frowns. “If we need to win the elders over—” “You don’t need their agreement, you need their attention. So many young cities have come and gone over the years, you see. It’s like in the very old days, when parents had a lot of children because it was understood that so many would die before adulthood. Some doted on all the children, of course, but many parents learned to stay detached until a child had lived long enough to love safely. To us, these days, such detachment seems callous, but it should be understood as a way to cushion the heart against possible pain.” Istanbul
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