I don't know you at all, and you don't know me, but I've been reading eulogies and remembrances all week too and I just happened to stumble across yours.

I'd had no idea how well-loved he was by so many people, though in retrospect it shouldn't have been a surprise at all. I've been amazed by how much I've been affected by this. I realized this week that no one has ever made me care so much about the written word as he did. What a terrible time to realize that.

I don't know why I decided to comment here. Maybe just because I have a LiveJournal too. Maybe just because I thought it might be nice, or something, to have a total stranger tell you he's aghast and lost and bewildered about this too. Good luck.