I commented to my wife recently that having my mom and my grandmother as my central role models meant that I’d essentially been ‘raised by women’ and she laughed and said that I made it sound as if I’d been raised by wolves. But I know I benefitted greatly. There is absolutely no single aspect of one’s personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men typically are asked to excel. I believe empathy is not only the core of art, literature and music, but should also be at the core of society, from ethics to economics.
— Chris Ware, who I believe only met his father once, to me.


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