"You know" we've both been reminded of something important this evening." I wondered what he could mean — what he and I could possibly have in common. "Whatever else it throws at you," he said, "life will always have pleasures to offer. And we should take them." And then this man who had achieved so much in his time, and suffered so much as well, tilted the hat on his head so that it sat at just the right angle, and tipped it to me.
"Remember that," he added.