Because some people are better than the rest of us:

[concertigrossi]

Take note: Miep Gies died today.

I like to think I would have been as brave as she was. I like to think that, but I don't know. Everyone imagines that they would have been Miep Gies or Oskar Schindler, but had that been the case, there would have been no need for Miep Gies or Oskar Schindler.

I can, however, honor what she did.

All honor to you as you go to your well-deserved rest, madam.

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[porridgebird.livejournal.com]

I just read about that, just now.

Everyone imagines that they would have been Miep Gies or Oskar Schindler, but had that been the case, there would have been no need for Miep Gies or Oskar Schindler.

This, exactly.