George Saunders
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And what he was really, I think, trying to show me was, you know, you've got some work to do.
But he did that in the most loving, compassionate way with not a trace of shame about it.
We had a great day, you know, and went out to lunch.
And I fully internalized that message, and he knew it, and he knew he didn't have to say a single thing about it.
And then he got me into college after that, you know.
So what I wish for is that everybody has somebody like that in their lives, you know, too.
Because he could have crushed me with one thing, you know, with one line about,
my recalcitrance or my laziness, but he never would go there, you know.
You know what's funny about that question, actually, Rachel, is I can come up with a bunch of moments, but I can't find, I can't quite, I always want to change something.
I want to do something better.