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The musician Nick Cave was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently and he read a letter from a fan.
 

The question:

"Following the last few years I’m feeling empty and more cynical than ever. I’m losing faith in other people, and I’m scared to pass these feelings to my little son. Do you still believe in Us (human beings)?"

Cave's response:
“Much of my early life was spent holding the world and the people in it in contempt” and that “it took a devastation to understand the idea of mortal value, and it took a devastation to find hope...”