In my 20 years of life, I have come to understand that people fall into two categories: some grow greater and more admirable as you delve deeper into their character, while others reveal their pettiness, baseness, and utter lack of virtue the closer you get to know them.

I know you're living for nothing now,
I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

I find no peace; and all my war is done;
I fear and hope; I burn and freeze in ice.

• Thomas Wyatt