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She can peg a person’s height at a glance and sum up their prospects in a pitiless snap judgment.

As Ambrose Pierce wrote, “Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless and the grave, blind as a stone and irrational as a headless man.”

Her loss unleashed Twain’s anger at pitiless fate, and his relationships with his two surviving daughters became increasingly estranged.

It’s the destination, not the journey because, again, creating art is a pitiless process that will grind you down.

Liu doesn’t invite a shred of sympathy for this pitiless mom.