>>22936101
you mustn't let them kill your empathy
it's in their nature to be bloodsuckers, or p-zombie cattle; they can't help it, and you can't help them
take you giving too much to them as a personal failing, and a lesson in self-preservation—be more discerning in future, protect your better humanity for when a worthwhile causes do cross your path
the fact you actually care when nobody else around you does to is a precious jewel you hold within you; hide it from the thieves, shield it from the vandals; grow a thicker skin, and hold them—the unthinking, the uncritical, the unfeeling—at arm's length
never let them close enough to damage you with their damage
protect the light from those who would extinguish it