{"text":"I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is anybody known to you who might benefit from a letter or a visit, do not on any account postpone the writing or the making of it. The difference made will almost certainly be more than you have calculated.","author":"Christopher Hitchens","tags":["compassion","death","friendship","illness","love","solidarity","sympathy"],"id":16036,"author_id":"Christopher+Hitchens"}