[…] “she needed to be needed.
I think that’s what I learned from her, that you have this modern thing where the goal is to be totally disconnected from any burdens or obligations.
But I think we all need to be needed.”
— Ether in Jason Pargin, I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, 2024, St. Martin’s Press, Ch. Day 5, p. 384