Marcus Tacitus of the blog Between Hope & Fear writes:
"An old friend committed suicide this week. He was brilliant and dark. Darkness overcame his brilliance.
None of us know the battles that people must fight within themselves. We talk about people as though we really understand them, but we do not...."
The remainder of his post is short, to the point, and rings with truth throughout.
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I lost my brother the same way. 1988, still have a lump in my throat. Brilliant young man. He would have loved the net.