“who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone whotries.”
“...our parents' death broke his sense of wonder. My left-brained brother, who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries.”
“...that once were urgent and necessary for an orderly world and now were buried away, gathering dust and of no use to anyone.”
“Later, though, I wished I had spoken up, or at least tried to explain that once I knew Cora better than anyone. But that was a long time ago, back when she wasn‟t trying to save the whole world. Only me.”
“... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.”
“But now seeing that great knowledge, while good, had not saved the world, he turned in penance to the Lord, crying.”