Perhaps they thought they could bring to this valley only those things they loved, leaving behind all ugliness.We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which it must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness, and misery.

...best intentions notwithstanding, no one can control how the media communicates a story and what the public eventually understands.

Some of the worst things are done with the best intentions, Petra,” August said. “You shouldn’t have done this to me.