People
We are all failures - at least, the best of us are.
— J.M. Barrie
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Failure is made universal, then attached especially to people who might usually be called the best. The reversal unsettles a simple division between successful lives and unsuccessful ones. It leaves room for aspiration, risk and imperfection to exist inside an admirable life rather than outside it.
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