tion of ticks. This is Leonard’s way of describing what it is like to be him when the drugs starts to not work so well. What I do mind is knowing that they shouldn’t be there. Note that "to mind" is usually in the negative (meaning "it doesn’t bother me"), but that when used with "do," it can be used positively. Learn, learn, learn form me!!! This is Leonard’s desperate plea to Dr. Sayer, so that he (Dr. Sayer) will discover how to make the drugs effective again. I let everybody down! "To let down" a person is to disappoint them. Common and useful. I’m grotesque. Look at me. Tell me I’m not! A powerful adjective to describe something that is horrible or disgusting to look at. Dr. Sayer reflects on what has been learned, and the critical importance of human contact. Life is given and taken away from all of us? :: Why doesn’t that comfort me? "To comfort" a person is to make them feel better or more secure. The summer was extraordinary. A season of rebirth for 15 patients, and for us, the caretakers. If something is "extraordinary," it is exceptional or well beyond what is normal or usual. A "rebirth" is usually a spiritual or physical reawakening. "Caretakers" are those people who take care of the weak. Now, we had to adjust to the realities of miracles. This is Dr. Sayer’s way of saying that sometimes miracles are not as amazing or hopeful as they appear to be at first. We can hide behind the veil of science, and say it was the drug that failed….or that the patients we’re to cope losing decades of their lives. A "veil" is a thin piece of cloth that is used to cover a woman’s face, or in this case, to hide behind in general. To "cope with" something is to accept or deal with it as well as possible (Here, Dr. Sayer drops "with"). The reality is that we don’t know what went wrong any more than we know what went right. A very common way of starting a sentence when you want to clarify a confusing situation. What we do know is that as the chemical window closed, another awakening took place... This is Dr. Sayer’s way of referring to the patients as the drug began to lose its effectiveness and their brains began to shut down again. [and]...that the human spirit is more powerful than any drug, and that is what needs to be nourished. "The human spirit" is a poetic general expression that refers to the love and determination within people. "To nourish" something is to feed it, so that it will grow strong. These are the things that matter. "This is what is important in life..." The car’s over here. :: What do you say we just walk? "What do you say" is a common colloquial way of starting a sentence when you want to suggest a possible plan.
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