It doesn't mean anything. In the greater scheme, the big picture, nothing we do matters. There's no grand plan, no big win. If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... then all that matters is what we do. Because that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today. I fought for so long, for redemption, for a reward, and finally just to beat the other guy. I never got it. Not all of it. But now I just want to help. I want to help because people shouldn't suffer as they do. Because, if there isn't any bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world. [ angelus, tv series buffy the vampire slayer ]